Muhammad Shiran Khalji
Muhammad Shiran Khalji (Bengali: শিরাণ খলজী, Persian: محمد شيران خلجي) was the second governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate from 1206 until 1208.
Shiran Khalji | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Bengal | |
| In office 1206–1208 | |
| Monarch | Qutb al-Din Aibak |
| Preceded by | Bakhtiyar Khalji |
| Succeeded by | Iwaz Khalji |
Biography
During the governorship of Bakhtiyar Khalji, Shiran was promoted to army commander. When Bakhtiyar set off for the expedition to Tibet, he entrusted Lakhnauti to Shiran to care of. After the death of Bakhtiyar, the Khalji noblemen of Lakhnauti appointed Shiran as Bakhtiyar's successor. Ascending as the next governor of Bengal, he invaded armies loyal to the rebel Ali Mardan Khalji and humbled him. However, Mardan fled to Delhi and provoked the Sultan of Delhi to invade Lakhnauti. Mardan accompanied by Qaimaz Rumi, governor of Awadh, invaded Lakhnauti and dethroned Shiran. Shiran fled to Dinajpur (probably present-day South Dinajpur, West Bengal, India, and not Dinajpur District, Bangladesh) and shortly afterwards died there.[1]
Shiran tomb lies in Maahishontosh, Dhamoirhat, Naogaon District in Bangladesh. The tomb is exceptionally 14 feet long, and beside an antique mosque. This site is around 25 kilometer northwest of Somapura Mahavihara.
| Preceded by Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji |
Khalji governors of Bengal 1206-1208 |
Succeeded by Ghiyath ad-Din Iwaz Shah |