Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
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Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah was a 15th-century ruler of Bengal who founded the short-lived Habshi (Abyssinian) dynasty after seizing power from the Ilyas Shahi line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7589585 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah Context triple: [Habshi dynasty, firstRuler, Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah]
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A.
Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah
Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah was the last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, known for his weak rule and eventual abdication in favor of Bahlul Lodi.
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B.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah I
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah I was a prominent 14th-century Sultan of Bengal who significantly strengthened and expanded the Ilyas Shahi dynasty’s rule.
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C.
Azam Shah
Azam Shah was a Mughal prince and briefly a claimant to the imperial throne in late 17th-century India, known primarily as a son of Emperor Aurangzeb.
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D.
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah was a Timurid prince, the son of Miran Shah and a grandson of the empire’s founder Timur, who played a role in the internal dynastic struggles of the Timurid realm.
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E.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah II
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah II was a late 15th-century Sultan of Bengal from the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, known for briefly restoring the dynasty’s rule before its final decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah Target entity description: Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah was a 15th-century ruler of Bengal who founded the short-lived Habshi (Abyssinian) dynasty after seizing power from the Ilyas Shahi line.
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A.
Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah
Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah was the last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, known for his weak rule and eventual abdication in favor of Bahlul Lodi.
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B.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah I
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah I was a prominent 14th-century Sultan of Bengal who significantly strengthened and expanded the Ilyas Shahi dynasty’s rule.
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C.
Azam Shah
Azam Shah was a Mughal prince and briefly a claimant to the imperial throne in late 17th-century India, known primarily as a son of Emperor Aurangzeb.
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D.
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah was a Timurid prince, the son of Miran Shah and a grandson of the empire’s founder Timur, who played a role in the internal dynastic struggles of the Timurid realm.
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E.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah II
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah II was a late 15th-century Sultan of Bengal from the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, known for briefly restoring the dynasty’s rule before its final decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century monarch
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Habshi dynasty ruler ⓘ Muslim ruler ⓘ Sultan of Bengal ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Habshi military elites in Bengal ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy |
coup d'état
ⓘ
usurpation ⓘ |
| capital | Gaur ⓘ |
| centuryOfRule | 15th century ⓘ |
| coinageType | Islamic gold and silver coinage ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Bengal Sultanate ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| dynastyDuration | short-lived ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Habshi dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Abyssinian
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Habshi ⓘ |
| governmentType | Sultanate ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Sultanate period of Bengal
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linked to:
Bengal Sultanate
|
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an Abyssinian-origin ruler of Bengal
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founding the Habshi dynasty in Bengal ⓘ |
| overthrew |
Jalaluddin Fath Shah
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linked to:
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
|
| overthrewDynasty | Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Bengal
ⓘ
medieval history of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of Bengal ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Jalaluddin Fath Shah
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
|
| realm | Bengal ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| regionToday |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ |
| regnalName | Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1491 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1490 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| shortReign | true ⓘ |
| succeededDynasty | Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ |
| successor | Alauddin Firuz Shah ⓘ |
| title |
Shamsuddin
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Sultan ⓘ |
| usedTitleOnCoins |
al-Sultan al-Azam Shams al-Dunya wa al-Din Muzaffar Shah
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linked to:
Muzaffar Shah II
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah Description of subject: Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah was a 15th-century ruler of Bengal who founded the short-lived Habshi (Abyssinian) dynasty after seizing power from the Ilyas Shahi line.
Referenced by (4)
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