Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was of Sistani origin. He served the Delhi Sultanate and became governor of Satgaon. After 1338 he ruled Satgaon independently, then took Lakhnauti in 1342 and Sonargaon in 1352, unifying Bengal into an independent sultanate with its capital at Pandua.

His armies raided Nepal in 1346 and sacked Kathmandu, then invaded Orissa and Kamarupa. When Firuz Shah Tughluq invaded in 1353, he withstood a siege at Ekdala. He died in January 1358 and was buried at Hajipur, founding the Ilyas Shahi dynasty.