Bengal Sultan ; Ghiyath Al-Din Mahmud Shah ; Silver Tanka ;

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**Bengal Sultan ; Ghiyath Al-Din Mahmud Shah ; **
**Silver Tanka ; **Al-sultan bin al-sultan ghiyath al-dunya wa ?l din abu ?l muzaffar legend, AH 933, Badr Shahi series. (G&G B914).
**Note : **Ghiyath Al-Din Mahmud Shah was the ruler of the Bengal Sultanate; he was the last ruler of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of Bengal Sultanate. He ruled the Bengal Sultanate between 1533 and 1538.
After sitting on the throne of the Bengal Sultanate, he faces a Portuguese invasion in Chittagong in 1534 CE. But, he suppressed the Portuguese and made them his prisoner. Later, he reconciled with them and also allowed them to established factories and commercial stations in Chittagong and Hughli. In return, he asked for help from the Portuguese in battle with Sher Shah Suri. Both, Ghiyath Al-Din Mahmud shah and the Portuguese were defeated by Sher Shah Suri on 6 April 1538, as his appeals to the Mughal Emperor Humayun went unanswered “SAVE HERITAGE SAVE COINS”