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|name = Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
|title = [[Sultan]] of [[Bengal]]
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|reign =1435 - 1459
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|predecessor = [[Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah]]
|successor = [[Rukunuddin Barbak Shah]]
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|issue = [[Rukunuddin Barbak Shah|Barbak]]<br/>[[Jalaluddin Fateh Shah|Fateh]] <br/>[[Nuruddin Sikandar Shah|Sikandar]] 
|full name = Nasiruddin Abul Muzaffar Mahmud Shah<ref>The Philological Secretary, ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 43'' (1874), p.294</ref>
|house = [[Ilyas Shahi dynasty|Ilyas Shahi]]
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|religion = [[Islam]]
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'''Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah ''' ({{lang-bn|প্রথম নাসিরুদ্দিন মাহমুদ শাহ}}) (reigned: 1435–1459) was a Sultan of Bengal. He was a descendant of Sultan [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah]] of [[Bengal]]. Nasiruddin took the title of '''Nasiruddin Abul Muzaffar Mahmud Shah''' when he ascended to power in 1435 AD. It was  twenty years since his dynasty lost the power in the first phase.

==History==
During his reign, the [[Sharqi dynasty|Sharqi sultans]] of [[Jaunpur Sultanate|Jaunpur]] were involved in a deadly conflict with the [[Lodhi dynasty|Lodhi sultans]] of [[Delhi]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=ABM Shamsuddin |year=2012 |chapter=Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nasiruddin_Mahmud_Shah |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> This kept Nasiruddin Mahmud's kingdom in peace. He devoted his time to the task of reconstruction and development. He was also able to recover [[Bengal]]'s military strength. According to historians [[Nizamuddin Ahmad]] and [[Firishtah]], Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah was an ideal sultan. Another historian [[Ghulam Husain Salim]] says that by his good administration the wounds of oppression inflicted by the previous Sultan [[Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah]] were healed.<ref name=bpedia />
Nasiruddin died in 1459 AD after a reign of twenty four years.<ref>[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBengal.htm KingListsFarEast]</ref>

===Ruling area===
During his reign, [[Khan Jahan Ali]] conquered [[Khulna]] and [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]]. According to numismatic evidence, Nasiruddin Mahmud ruled over a vast kingdom bounded by the districts of [[Bhagalpur]] to the west, [[Mymensingh]] and [[Sylhet]] to the east, [[Gauḍa (city)|Gaur]] and [[Pandua, Malda|Pandua]] to the north and [[Hooghly (town)|Hughli]] to the south.<ref name=bpedia />

===Spreading Islam===
With the help of Khan Jahan Ali, Nasirudddin Mahmud made progress on Muslim settlements in different parts of Bengal. They constructed mosques, khanqas, tombs, and bridges, and excavated tanks. The significant mosques of his reign were the following :
* [[Sixty Dome Mosque]] ({{lang-bn|ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ}}) erected by Khan Jahan at [[Bagerhat]].
* The two mosques built by Sarfaraz Khan at Jangipur in the district of [[Murshidabad]] in 1443 AD.
* The mosque built by  Hilali at Gaur in 1455.
* The mosque built at [[Dhaka]] by a woman named [[Bakht Binat Bibi]] in 1455 known as [[Binat Bibi Mosque]].
* The mosque built by Khurshid Khan at [[Bhagalpur]]  in 1446 AD.<ref name=bpedia />

The tomb of Khan Jahan Ali at [[Bagerhat]] and the tomb of an ''Allama'' at [[Pandua, Malda|Hazrat Pandua]] were erected during his time. He himself laid the foundations of the citadel and palace at Gaur. Among them, a five-arched stone-bridge, part of the massive walls of the fort and the Kotwali Darwaza are still extant.<ref name=bpedia />

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{{S-hou|[[Ilyas Shahi dynasty|Ilyas Shahi]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah|Ahmad Shah]]}}
{{S-ttl|title=[[Sultanate of Bengal|Sultan of Bengal]]|years=1435–1459}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Rukunuddin Barbak Shah|Barbak Shah]]}}
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==See also==
*[[List of rulers of Bengal]]
*[[History of Bengal]]
*[[History of India]]

==References==
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{{Ilyas}}

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