|
Rulers
and Statesmen of Bengal |
| Name |
Tenure |
Family |
Bengal
(India, Bangladesh) |
►To
Pala Empire 750-mid-1000s
|
Rulers
of Bengal |
| Hemantasena
|
1000s
|
Sena
(2469) |
| Vijayasena
|
c.1095-c.1158
|
Sena
(2469) |
| Ballalasena
|
c.1159-c.78
|
Sena
(2469) |
| Lakshmanasena
|
c.1178-c.1206
|
Sena
(2469) |
►To
Delhi Sultanate, conquest and rule
1204–1342
|
| Vishvarupasena
|
c.1206-c.20
|
Sena
(2469) |
|
Keshavasena
|
c.1220-23
|
Sena
(2469) |
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1210-27
|
Sultans
of Bengal |
| ‘Ala
ud-din
|
1210-13
|
•••• |
|
Ghiyath ud-din ‘Iwaz
|
1213-27
|
•••• |
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1227
|
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1255-57
|
| Mughith
ud-din Yuzbak
|
1255-57
|
•••• |
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1257
|
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1275-81
|
| Mughith
ud-din Tughral
|
c.1275-81
|
•••• |
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1281
|
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1287-1325
|
| Nasir
ud-din Mahmud
|
1287-91
|
Mamluk-Balbani
(2444) |
| Rukn
ud-din Kaikaus
|
1291-1300
|
Mamluk-Balbani
(2444) |
| Shams
ud-din Firuz Shah
|
1301-22
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
| Jalal
ud-din Mahmud
|
c.1304-09
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
| Ghiyath
ud-din Bahadur (1) |
1310-12
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
| Shihab
ud-din Bughday Shah |
1317-18
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
| Ghiyath
ud-din Bahadur (2) |
1322-25
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1325-42
|
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1342-1575
|
| Shams
ud-din Ilyas Shah
|
1342-57
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Sikandar
Shah
|
1357-89
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Ghiyath
ud-din A‘zam Shah
|
1389-1410
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Saif
Hamza Shah
|
1410-11
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Shihab
ud-din Bayazid Shah
|
1411-14
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| ‘Ala
ud-din Firuz Shah
|
1414
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Jalal
ud-din Muhammad Shah
|
1415-32
|
Raja
Ganesh |
| Shams
ud-din Ahmad Shah
|
1432-33
|
Raja
Ganesh |
| Nasir
ud-din Mahmud I
|
1433-59
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Rukn
ud-din Barbak Shah
|
1459-74
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Shams
ud-din Yusuf Shah
|
1474-81
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Sikandar
|
1481
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Jalal
ud-din Fath Shah
|
1481-86
|
Ilyas
Shahi (2230) |
| Barbak
Shah-zada
|
1486
|
Abyssinians |
| Saif
ud-din Firuz Shah
|
1486-90
|
Abyssinians |
| Shams
ud-din Muzaffar Shah
|
1490-93
|
Abyssinians |
| Ala
ud-din Husain Shah
|
1493-1519
|
Husain
Shahi |
| Nasir
ud-din Nusrat Shah
|
1519-32
|
Husain
Shahi |
| ‘Ala
ud-din Firuz Shah
|
1532
|
Husain
Shahi |
| Ghiyath
ud-din Mahmud Shah
|
1532-38
|
Husain
Shahi |
| Sher
Shah Suri (1)
|
1538
dep
|
Suri |
►Mughal
Empire occupation 1538-39
|
| Sher
Shah Suri (2)
|
1539-45
|
Suri |
| Islam
Shah
|
1545-53
|
Suri |
| Shams
ud-din Muhammad Shah
|
1553-55
|
Suri |
| Ghiyath
ud-din Bahadur Shah
|
1556-60
|
Suri |
| Ghiyath
ud-din II
|
1560-63
|
Suri |
| Ghiyath
ud-din III
|
1563-64
|
Suri |
| Taj
Khan Karrani
|
1564-65
|
Karrani |
| Sulaiman
Karrani
|
1565-72
|
Karrani |
| Bayazid
Karrani
|
1572
|
Karrani |
| Daud
Karrani
|
1572-75
|
Karrani |
►To
Mughal Empire 1575-1712 - Governors
|
Nawabs
of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (Subject to
Mughal, and then British rule) |
| Murshid
Quli Khan
|
1704-25
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Shuja ud-din Muhammad Khan
|
1725-39
|
Najafi
(4136) |
| Sarfaraz
Khan
|
1739-40
|
Najafi
(4136) |
| Alivardi
Khan
|
1740-56
|
Afshar |
|
Siraj al-Daula
|
1756-57
|
Afshar |
| Mir
Muhammad Jaffer
(1)
|
1757-60
|
Najafi
(4136) |
| Mir
Qasim
|
1760-63
|
Najafi
(4136) |
►To
the British East India Company 1764
|
| Mir
Muhammad Jaffer (2)
|
1763-65
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Najm ud-Daulah
|
1765-66
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Saif ud-Daulah
|
1766-70
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Mubarak ud-Daulah
|
1770-93
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Baber Ali Khan
|
1793-1810
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Ali Jah
|
1810-21
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Walla Jah
|
1821-24
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Humayun Jah
|
1824-38
|
Najafi
(4136) |
|
Feradun Jah
|
1838-81
abd; †1884
|
Najafi
(4136) |
►British
rule 1881
|
►Nawabite
abolished 1891
|
|
Governors
of Bengal (for Delhi Sultanate) |
| Muhammad
Bakhtiyar
|
1204-06
|
•••• |
| Muhammad
Shiran Khan
|
c.1206-07
|
•••• |
| Husam
ud-din ‘Iwaz ( Ghiyath ud-din ‘Iwaz, Sul of Bengal)
|
c.1207-08
|
•••• |
|
'Ali Mardan (‘Ala ud-din, Sul of Bengal)
|
c.1208-10
|
•••• |
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1210-27
|
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1227
|
| Nasir
ud-din Mahmud
|
1227-29
|
•••• |
| Daulat
Shah
|
1229
|
•••• |
| Malik
‘Ala ud-din Jani
|
1229
|
•••• |
| Saif
ud-din Aibek
|
1229-33
|
•••• |
| ‘Izz
ud-din Tughral Tughan Khan
|
1233-44
|
•••• |
| Malik
Qamr ud-din Tamar Khan
|
1244-46
|
•••• |
| Malik
Ikhtiyar ud-din Yuzbak (Mughith ud-din Yuzbak, Sul of Bengal)
|
1246-55
|
•••• |
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1255-57
|
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1257
|
| Malik
‘Ala ud-din Mas‘ud Jani
|
1257-58
|
•••• |
| ‘Izz
ud-din Balba
|
1258-60
|
•••• |
| Muhammad
Arsalan Khan
|
1260-c.
65
|
•••• |
| Sher
Khan
|
?
|
•••• |
| Amin
Khan
|
?
|
•••• |
| Mughith
ud-din Tughral (Sul of Bengal)
|
1268-c.75
|
•••• |
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared c. 1275-81
|
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1281
|
| Bughra
Khan (Nasir ud-din Mahmud, Sul of Bengal) |
1281-87
|
Mamluk-Balbani
(2444) |
►Independent
Sultanate of Bengal declared 1287-25
|
►To
Delhi Sultanate 1325
|
| Nasir
ud-din Ibrahim
|
c.1324-26
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
| Ghiyath
aI-Din Bahadur
|
1328-33
|
Firuz
Shahi (4415) |
►Division
of Lakhnauti,
Satgaon, and Sonargaon 1300s
|
Governors/Subedars
of Bengal (for Mughal Empire) |
| Mun‘im
Khan
|
1574-75
|
•••• |
| Husain
Quli Beg
|
1575-78
|
•••• |
| Muzaffar
Khan Turbati
|
1579-80
|
•••• |
| Mirza
‘Aziz Koka
|
1582-83
|
•••• |
| Shahbaz
Khan
|
1583-85
|
•••• |
| Sadiq
Khan
|
1585-86
|
•••• |
| Wazir
Khan
|
1586-87
|
•••• |
| Sa‘id
Khan
|
1587-94
|
•••• |
| Man
Singh
|
1594-1606
|
•••• |
| Qutb
ud-din Khan Koka
|
1606-07
|
•••• |
| Jahangir
Quli Beg
|
1607-08
|
•••• |
| Islam
Khan Chishti
|
1608-13
|
•••• |
| Qasim
Khan Chishti
|
1613-17
|
•••• |
|
Ibrahim
Khan, Fath Jang |
1617-24;
†1624 |
Khwajah (2848) |
| Mahabat
Khan
|
1625-26
|
•••• |
| Mukarram
Khan
|
1626-27
|
•••• |
| Fidai
Khan
|
1627-28
|
•••• |
|
Mir
Qasim Khan Juwaini |
1628-31† |
(2848) |
| ‘Azam
Khan Mir Muhammad Baqar
|
1632-35
|
•••• |
| Islam
Khan Mashhadi
|
1635-39
|
•••• |
|
Shah
Shuja |
1639-61† |
Mughals (3222) |
|
Mir Muhammad Sa'id
Ardistani, Mir Jumla |
1660-63† |
•••• |
|
Abu
Talib, Shaista Khan |
1664-78;
†1694 |
Khwajah (2848) |
| Mir
Muzaffar Husain Azim Khan Koka |
1678† |
Khwafi
(3838) |
| Muhammad
‘Azam Shah |
1678-88;
†1707 |
Mughals (3222) |
| Khan
Jahan Bahadur Khan
|
1688-89
|
Zig
(3734) |
|
Ibrahim Beg |
1689-97; †1709 |
•••• |
| Muhammad
Azim 'Aziz-al-Shah |
1697-1712† |
Mughals (3222) |
Governors
of the Presidency of Bengal (East India
Company for Britain) |
| Sir
Charles Eyre
|
1700-01
|
Eyre (934) |
| John
Beard
|
1701-05
|
•••• |
| Edward
Littleton
|
1705†
|
Littleton
(514) |
►Vacant
|
| Anthony
Weltdon
|
1710-11
|
•••• |
| John
Russell
|
1711-13
|
Russell
(249) |
| Robert
Hedges
|
1713-18
|
•••• |
| Samuel
Flake
|
1718-23
|
•••• |
| John
Deane (1)
|
1723-26
|
•••• |
| Henry
Frankland
|
1726-28
|
•••• |
| Edward
Stephenson
|
1728
|
•••• |
| John
Deane (2)
|
1728-32
|
•••• |
| John
Stockhouse
|
1732-39
|
•••• |
| Thomas
Broddyll
|
1739-46
|
•••• |
| John
Forster
|
1746-48
|
Forster
(4720) |
| William
Barwell
|
1748-49
|
•••• |
| Adam
Dawson
|
1749-52
|
Dawson
(2863) |
| William
Fytche
|
1752
|
•••• |
| Roger
Drake
|
1752-56
|
Drake
(675) |
| Robert
Clive, 1st B Clive
|
1756-60
|
Clive
(1881) |
| John
Howell (acting)
|
1760
|
Howell
(5365) |
| Henry
Vansittart
|
1760-64
|
Vansittart
(1097) |
| John
Spencer (acting)
|
1764-65
|
•••• |
| Robert
Clive, 1st B Clive
|
1765-67
|
Clive
(1881) |
| Harry
Verelst
|
1767-69
|
•••• |
| John
Cartier
|
1769-72
|
•••• |
| Warren
Hastings
|
1772-73
|
Hastings
(423) |
|
Lieutenant
Governors of Bengal (for Britain) |
| Frederick
Halliday
|
1854-59
|
•••• |
| Sir
John Grant
|
1859-62
|
Grant
(542) |
| Sir
Cecil Beadon
|
1862-66
|
•••• |
| William
Grey
|
1867-71
|
Grey
(122) |
| Sir
George Campbell
|
1871-74
|
Campbell
(68) |
| Sir
Richard Temple, 1st Bart.
|
1874-77
|
Temple
(275) |
| Sir
Ashley Eden
|
1877-82
|
Eden
(368) |
| Augustus
Thompson
|
1882-85
|
•••• |
| Horace
Cockerell (acting)
|
1885-87
|
•••• |
| Sir
Steuart Bayley
|
1887-90
|
•••• |
| Sir
Charles Elliot
|
1891-95
|
Elliot
(252) |
| Sir
Antony MacDonnell, B MacDonnell (acting)
|
1895
|
MacDonnell
(2184) |
| Sir
Alexander Mackenzie
|
1895-97
|
•••• |
| Sir
Charles Stevens
|
1897-98
|
•••• |
| Sir
John Woodburn
|
1898-1902 |
•••• |
| James
Bourdillon
|
1902-03
|
•••• |
| Sir
Andrew Fraser (1)
|
1903-06
|
Fraser
(369) |
►Partition
of West Bengal and East Bengal
and Assam 1905-12
(under administration of lieutenant governors of Bengal)
|
| Sir
Lancelot Hare (acting)
|
1906
|
•••• |
| Francis
Slacke (acting)
|
1906-08
|
•••• |
| Sir
Andrew Fraser (2)
|
1908
|
Fraser
(369) |
| Sir
Edward Baker
|
1908-11
|
•••• |
| Sir
Frederick Duke
|
1911-12
|
•••• |
►To
Governors of Bengal 1912-47
|
Governors
of Bengal (for Britain) |
| Thomas
Carmichael, B Carmichael
|
1912-17
|
Carmichael
(9) |
| Lawrence
Dundas, 2nd M of Zetland
|
1917-22
|
Dundas
(188) |
| Victor
Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd E of Lytton
|
1922-27
|
Bulwer-Lytton
(186) |
| Sir
Francis Jackson
|
1927-32
|
Jackson
(2617) |
| John
Anderson, 1st V Waverley
|
1932-37
|
Anderson
(2569) |
| Sir
John Woodhead (1) (acting)
|
1937
|
•••• |
| Michael
Knatchbull-Hugesson, 5th B Brabourne
|
1937-39 |
Knatchbull
(1748) |
| Robert
Reid (acting)
|
1939
|
•••• |
| Sir
John Woodhead (2) (acting)
|
1939
|
•••• |
| Sir
John Herbert
|
1939-43
|
••••
|
| Sir
Thomas Rutherford (acting)
|
1943-44
|
•••• |
| Richard
Casey
|
1944-46
|
•••• |
| Sir
Frederick Burrows
|
1946-47
|
•••• |
►Bengal
partitioned into West Bengal (to India)
and East Bengal (to Pakistan) 1947
|
|
Families
|
Lands
| Abbr. and Symbols |
Sources | Asia
Index |
