Jaunpur Sultanate
The Jaunpur Sultanate (Persian: سلطنت جونپور) was a Muslim kingdom in northern India between 1394 and 1494, ruled by the Sharqi dynasty. It was founded in 1394 by Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik Sarwar, an eunuch slave and former wazir of Sultan Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah IV Tughluq, amidst the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate's Tughlaq dynasty. Centred in Jaunpur, the Sultanate extended authority over Awadh and a large part of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab. It reached its greatest height under the rule of Sultan Ibrahim Shah, who also vastly contributed to the development of Islamic education in the Sultanate. In 1479, Sultan Hussain Khan was defeated by the forces of Afghan ruler Bahlul Lodi, Sultan of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, which abruptly brought an end to independent Jaunpur and its reabsorption into the Delhi Sultanate.
Sultanate of Jaunpur (Sharqi dynasty) سلطنت جونپور | |||||||||||
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| 1394–1493 | |||||||||||
Jaunpur Sultanate, coin of Shams al-Din Ibrahim Shah, dated 1438
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Territory of the Jaunpur Sultanate ("Sharqis" dynasty) circa 1475, with neighbouring polities. A few years later, 1479AD some part of the Jaunpur Sultanate was absorbed by the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. 1493AD Rest (Maximum Part) of the Jaunpur Sultanate was annexed by Bengal Sultanate. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Jaunpur | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official) Urdu (common) Arabic (religious) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Sultanate-Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
• 1394–1399 | Malik Sarwar (first) | ||||||||||
• 1458–1493 | Hussain Khan (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1394 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1493 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||