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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Husseyn Langah I
| title =
| succession = 2nd [[Langah Sultanate|Sultan of Multan]]
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| reign = 1469–1498
| coronation =
| full name = Husseyn Langah bin Rai Sahra
| father = [[Rai Sahra Langah]]
| predecessor = [[Rai Sahra Langah|Qutbu'd-Din Langah]]
| successor = Mahmud Langah I
| dynasty = [[Langah dynasty|Langah]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1502
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}}
'''Husseyn Langah''' or '''Husayn Shah Langah I''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: حُسین لنگاہ اَوّل ''Huṣaīn Langāh Awwal'') was the second Sultan of [[Langah Sultanate]], who reigned from 1469 until 1498. He founded colleges of education in communities like [[Tulamba]] and a number of the [[Baloch people|Baloch tribes]] settled in the sultanate during his reign. After successfully capturing [[Chiniot]], [[Kahror Pakka]] and [[Shorkot]], he repulsed an attack by the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. He abdicated in favour of his son, who reigned as Mahmud Shah.

==Reign==
Husseyn Langah was the son of Rai Sahra Langah, styled Qutbu'd-Din, the founder and ruler of the [[Langah Sultanate]]. He gained the throne on the death of his father in 1469.<ref name=lewis>{{cite book|editor-first1=B.|editor-last1=Lewis|editor-first2=V. L.|editor-last2=Ménage|editor-first3=Ch|editor-last3=Pellat|editor-first4=J.|editor-last4=Schacht|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|volume=III|location=Leiden|publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]]|year=1986|isbn=978-90-04-08118-5|pages=63–64|url=https://archive.org/details/brill-the-encyclopedia-of-islam-05-khe-mahi-1986/BRILL-THE%20ENCYCLOPEDIA%20OF%20ISLAM_03_H-Iram_%281986%29}}</ref> At the start of his reign, he undertook military campaigns in [[Punjab]] and captured [[Chiniot]], [[Kahror Pakka]] and [[Shorkot]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Masudul|last=Hasan|title=History of Islam: Classical period, 1206-1900 C.E|location=Delhi|publisher=Adam|year=1995|isbn=978-8-17435-016-9|page=282}}</ref> However, he was soon dealing with a succession crisis. Yousaf Qureshi, whom his father had supplanted, had found refuge with the ruler of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] and persuaded the army of the Sultanate to attack Multand to help him regain his throne.<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|last=Unesco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18eABeokpjEC&dq=Langah+Sultanate&pg=PA304|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia|date=1 January 1998|publisher=UNESCO|isbn=978-92-3-103467-1|language=en}}</ref> Husseyn successfully repulsed the attack, which was led by Tatar Khan and [[Rukunuddin Barbak Shah|Barbak Shah]]. Eventually, he signed a peace treaty with [[Sikander Lodhi]] and abdicated in 1498 in favour of his son and successor, Budhan Khan, who assumed the title Sultan Mahmud Shah I.<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite book |last1=Baloch |first1=N. A. |last2=Rafi |first2=A. Q. |title=History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Regions of Sind, Baluchistan, Multan And Kashmir: The Historical, Social and Economic Setting |date=1998 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-103467-1 |page=305 |url=https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/sites/default/files/knowledge-bank-article/vol_IVa%20silk%20road_the%20regions%20of%20sind%2C%20baluchistan%2C%20multan%20and%20kashmir.pdf}}</ref> Husseyn died in 1502.<ref name=lewis/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ansari |first=A.S. Bazmee |date=2012 |title=Ḥusayn S̲h̲āh Langāh I |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2999 |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English) |publisher=Brill|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2999|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The reign of Sultan Husseyn I is considered to be the most illustrious of the Langah Sultans.<ref name="UNESCO"/> He was known for his promotion of education and learning, inviting scholars like the brother Abd Allah and Aziz Allah of [[Tulamba]], to colleges he founded.<ref name=lewis/> During the rule of the Langah, a large number of [[Baloch people|Baloch tribes]] were allowed to settle in the Derajaat Border in turn for military service.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hussain |first1=J |title=A History of the Peoples of Pakistan: Towards Independence |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195778199 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKDjAAAAMAAJ&q=langah+sultanate+baloch}}</ref>

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CoreyHodgkinson at 16:43, 8 March 2026