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{{Short description|Late 15th century conflict in Bengal}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Bengal Sultanate–Kamata Kingdom War
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| date = 1498<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kamata-Kamatapura | title=Kamata-Kamatapura |website=Banglapedia}}</ref>
| place = [[North Bengal]] and [[Western Assam]]
| territory = Bengal Sultanate annexes upto Hajo
| result = Bengal Sultanate's victory
| combatant1 = [[Bengal Sultanate]]
| combatant2 = [[Kamata Kingdom]]
| commander1 = '''[[Alauddin Hussain Shah|Hussain Shah]]''' [[Shah Ismail Ghazi]] [[Shahzada Danyal]] Musundar Ghazi
| commander2 = '''[[Nilambar]]''' 
| strength1 = ~20,000 Cavalary ~40,000 Infantry ~100 ships
| strength2 = Large ~15,000 cavalry ~50,000 infantry ~200 ships many war elephants and up to ~10,000 sailors/mariners
| casualties1 = Low
| casualties2 = Nearly the whole army
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{{Assam History}}
The '''Bengal Sultanate–Kamata Kingdom War''' was a late 15th century conflict between the [[Kamata Kingdom]] and the [[Bengal Sultanate]].<ref name="Bose1989">{{cite book|author=Manilal Bose|title=Social History of Assam: Being a Study of the Origins of Ethnic Identity and Social Tension During the British Period, 1905-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFJYeS8-TlAC&pg=PA38|year=1989|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-224-8|page=38}}</ref> As a result of the conflict the [[Khen dynasty]] was overthrown and the Bengal Sultanate extended its domain up to the [[Hajo]] in what is present day [[Lower Assam|western Assam]] by 1502. Nevertheless, the Sultanate administration was removed in about ten years by the [[Assamese Bhuyans]] led by Harup Narayan.<ref name="baruah-daniel">"But the rule of the Muslims was short. The Bhuyans made a united attack on Daniel's garrison and destroyed it to the last man."{{harvcol|Baruah|1986|p=181}}</ref>

==Invasion==
The conquest was instigated by Sachipatra, a [[Brahmin]] whose son was executed by King [[Nilambar]] for his promiscuity with the queen.<ref name=nath>{{cite book|last=Nath|first=D.|title=History of the Koch Kingdom, C. 1515-1615|place=Delhi|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1989|isbn=8170991099|page=70}}</ref> In 1499, Sultan [[Alauddin Husain Shah]] dispatched an army under the command of [[Shah Ismail Ghazi]] to conquer [[Kamata Kingdom|Kamata]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R. C. |editor1-link=R. C. Majumdar |title=The Delhi Sultanate |url=https://archive.org/details/delhisultanate0006rcma/page/217/mode/1up |year=1980 |orig-year=First published 1960 |series=The History and Culture of the Indian People |volume=VI |edition=3rd |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |location=Bombay |oclc=664485 |page=217}}</ref> Ghazi's forces besieged the Kamatapur fort and destroyed the city. Hussain Shah imprisoned [[Nilambar of Kamata]] and ended the reign of the [[Khen dynasty]].<ref name=sarkar>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1992|p=46}}</ref> Though Kamatapur fell in 1498, Hussain Shah was able to annex up to Hajo not before 1502.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Husain_Shah | title=Husain Shah |website=Banglapedia}}</ref><ref>"The annexation of the Khen Kingdom up to Hajo was, however, not completed before Ramzan 907/10 March 1502..." {{harvcol|Sarkar|1992|p=47}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The region was brought under the administration of Sultanate governors in [[Hajo]]. Hussain Shah minted coins with the proclamation "conqueror of Kāmrū, Kamata, Jajnagar and Urisa".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sircar |first=D. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1JYwP5tVQUC&pg=PA21 |title=Studies in Indian Coins |date=2008 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-2973-2 |p=21 |language=en |quote=Alāuddin Husen Shah (1493-1518 A.D.), described himself as the conqueror of Kamru (i.e Kamarupa) and Kamta and of Urisa (Orissa) and Jajanagar on his issues}}</ref><ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Kamata-Kamatapura}}</ref> He also publicly inscribed the victory at a stone in [[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sircar |first=D. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1JYwP5tVQUC&pg=PA21 |title=Studies in Indian Coins |date=2008 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-2973-2 |language=en}}</ref> The Sultan appointed his son, [[Shahzada Danyal]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Desai|first=Ziyaud-Din A.|author-link=Z. A. Desai|title=Purā-prakāśa: Recent Researches in Epigraphy, Numismatics, Manuscriptology, Persian Literature, Art, Architecture, Archaeology, History and Conservation : Dr. Z.A. Desai Commemoration Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKDpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Tn+the+third+year+of+Husain+Shah%27s+occupation+of+the+throne,+Daniyal+probably+his+eldest+son,+acted+as+his+deputy+in+negotiations+with+Sultan+Sikandar+Lodi%22|year=2003|publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan|isbn=978-81-8090-007-5|page=244}}</ref> as the governor of the newly conquered region; that reached up to Hajo and intended to expand to Central Assam. Daniyal later fell to the [[Assamese Bhuyans]] within Hussein Shah's lifetime and his rule ended.

==Notes==
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== References ==
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* {{Citation |last=Baruah |first=S L |title=A Comprehensive History of Assam |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|place=New Delhi |year=1986}}
* {{Citation |last=Sarkar |first=J. N. |contribution=Chapter II The Turko-Afghan Invasions |editor-last=Barpujari |editor-first=H. K. |title=The Comprehensive History of Assam |volume=2 |pages=35–48 |publisher=Assam Publication Board |place=Guwahati |year=1992}}
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