Hoshang Shah
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| Hoshang Shah | |
|---|---|
 Copper coin of Hoshang Shah | |
| Sultan of Malwa | |
| Reign | 1406 – 6 July 1435 |
| Predecessor | Dilawar Khan |
| Successor | Muhammad Shah |
| Died | 6 July 1435 |
| Consort | Daughter of Malik Ahmad of Khandesh [1] |
| Issue | Daud Khan Muhammad Shah Usman Khan Fath Khan Haibat Khan Ahmad Khan Umar Khan Abu Ishaq Three daughters |
| Dynasty | Ghurid |
| Father | Dilawar Khan |
| Military career | |
Service years | c. 1407–1435 |
Conflicts | Muzaffar Shah's invasion of Malwa (1407) Hoshang Shah's conquest of Kherla (1420–1433) Siege of Gagron (1423) |
Hisam al-Din Hoshang Shah (died 6 July 1435)[2] was the first formally appointed Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate of Central India.[3][4] Also called Hoshang Shah Ghori, he was known as Arslan Khan before he took on the title Hoshang Shah after being crowned the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate. Arslan Khan's father Dilawar Khan had belonged to the court of Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the Sultan of Delhi. Dilawar Khan Ghori was appointed governor of Malwa probably by Firuz of the house of Tughlaq, but made himself independent of the Delhi Sultanate for all practical purposes in 1401.[5] Thus he had come to Mandu in 1401 practically as the first King of Malwa, although he did not declare himself a king.
Reign
[edit]Death
[edit]Hoshang Shah died on 1435, leaving eight sons and three daughters by his two wives. His sons from his first wife, the daughter of the sultan of Khandesh Malik Ahmad Farooqi, were Daud Khan, Usman Khan, Fath Khan and Haibat Khan, whereas from his second wife he had Ghazni Khan, Ahmad Khan, Umar Khan and Abu Ishaq. Of these sons, the oldest, Daud Khan had died in his father's lifetime, hence the second oldest, Ghazni Khan was chosen as the crown prince by their father. The rivalry between the two groups of princes plagued the last days of Hushang Shah, and when Usman revolted, Hoshang ordered the imprisonment of his sons from his first wife, thus paving the way for Ghazni Khan's eventual ascension as Muhammad Shah. A daughter of Hoshang had married Mahmud Khan, a cousin of Hoshang, who eventually ascended the throne as Mahmud Khalji.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401–1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. p. 22.
- ^ Srivastava, Ashirbadi Lal (1950). "The Sultanate of Delhi" (PDF). Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Thomas William Beale (1881). The oriental biographical dictionary. Asiatic Society. p. 108. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 116. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ An Advanced History of India by R. C. Majumdar (2006) p. 304.
- ^ Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401–1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. pp. 67–78.