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Who was the first sultan of "Bengal"?

  1. Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

  2. Saifuddin Hamza Shah

  3. Sikandar Shah

  4. Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah
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Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah declared himself Sultan of Bengal in 1342 after the governor of Bengal declared independence from Delhi. He established the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, the first independent Muslim dynasty in Bengal. The other rulers listed were his successors, not the first sultan.

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