Malik Ikhtiyār ad-Dīn Yūzbak (), also known as Mughith ad-Din Abu al-Muzaffar (), was the appointed as the

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's Governor of

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from 1251 CE to 1255 CE. He became an independent Sultan of

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from 1255 CE to 1257 CE.

As governor

Yuzbak was appointed Governor of

after Masud Jani was unable to defeat the forces delegated by Emperor Narasingha Deva I of Eastern Ganga for four years. In 1254, he invaded the Azmardan Raj (present-day Ajmiriganj) in northeast Bengal and managed to defeat the local Raja. In 1255, Yuzbak succeeded in repulsing Emperor Narasingha's forces, led by the emperor's son-in-law Savantar, away from south-western

. After capturing Mandaran in western Bengal, Yuzbak fixed the border between the two empires at the

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As independent Sultan

Following the recapture of Mandaran and southwestern Bengal, he signed a treaty of alliance with Narasingha and declared himself independent of the

. He styled himself as Sultan Mughithuddin Abul Muzaffar Iuzbak and struck coins in his own name. As an independent Sultan, Yuzbak had control over much of northern and northwestern Bengal with his capital in Lakhnauti. By 1256, he captured

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and

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from Delhi rule with his own army and war-boats, thus extending his powerful domain.

Defeat

In 1257, Yuzbak commenced an expedition to the

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and

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, both in present-day

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. There, Yuzbak and his forces were faced by the battalion of Sandhya, the erstwhile

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of Kamrup in Kamarupanagara. With the help of the seasonal spring floods, Sandhya defeated and captured Yuzbak and had him executed in due course. Following the execution, Yuzbak's domain was split into two with

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of Eastern Ganga breaking the alliance and taking over the areas he had lost. Yuzbak's fellow tribesman,

Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki Izzauddin Balban-e-Iuzbaki () was the Governor of Bengal during 1257–1259 CE. History After the death of Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak who had rebelled from Delhi and declared himself Sultan of Bengal, Izzauddin was appointed as the Governor of B ...

, succeeded him as Governor of Bengal for the

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As governor

As independent Sultan

Defeat

See also

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