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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Mahmud Shah Sharqi
| image = Tanka of Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah (1440-1456 AD), Sultanate of Jaunpur - Coinsandrings.jpg
| title = Nasir-ud-Din
| succession = Sultan of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]]
| reign = 1440–1457
| predecessor = Ibrahim Shah
| spouse = Bibi Raji
}}

'''Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Sharqi''' was the ruler of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]] between 1440 and 1457.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book |last=Führer |first=Alois Anton |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=a2VBAQAAIAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions |title=The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur: With Notes on Zafarabad, Sahet-Mahet and Other Places in the Northwestern Provinces and Oudh |date=1889 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing, India |pages=8—10 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Haig |first=Wolseley |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory035492mbp |title=The Cambridge History of India |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1928 |volume=III |pages=228–230, 252–253 |author-link=Wolseley Haig}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Saeed |first=Mian Muhammad |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Sharqi_of_Jaunpur.html?id=SIFVDQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=The Sharqi of Jaunpur: A Political & Cultural History |date=1972 |publisher=University of Karachi |pages=63–78 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Mahmud was the eldest son of Ibrahim Shah.<ref name=":04" />

== Reign ==

=== Campaign against Orissa ===
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=== Campaign against the Delhi Sultanate ===
Owing to the weakness of the [[Delhi Sultanate|Sultan of Delhi]], [[Muhammad Shah (Sayyid dynasty)|Muhammad Shah]], both Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur and [[Mahmud Khalji]] of [[Malwa Sultanate|Malwa]] invaded and occupied a large amount of Delhi Sultanate's territory. In 1451, [[Bahlul Khan Lodi]] assumed the throne of Delhi and established the [[Lodi dynasty|Lodi]] dynasty.<ref name=":04" />

==== Battle at Delhi ====
In 1452, when [[Bahlul Khan Lodi]] was on a campaign in the Punjab, Mahmud Shah, along with Darya Khan Lodi laid siege to [[Delhi]]. Bahlul returned before the besiegers could make any significant impression upon the city's defenses. Bahlul captured a large number of Mahmud's transport animals, which were out at pasture. Soon, he was attacked by a large faction of the Jaunpur army, consisting of 30,000 horse and 30 elephants, which was commanded by Fath Khan. After Qutb Khan Lodi wounded Fath Khan's elephant with an arrow, the Jaunpur army fell into disarray, and Darya Khan Lodi withdrew his support. This resulted in a complete defeated and Mahmud retreated to Jaunpur. Mahmud suffered the losses of seven war elephants, and his general Fath Khan, who was beheaded.<ref name=":04" /><ref name=":0" />

==== Events at Shamsabad, death, and succession ====
In 1457, Mahmud Shah marched upon [[Shamsabad, Farrukhabad|Shamsabad]] and was attacked by a force led by Qutb Khan Lodi and Darya Khan Lodi. Mahmud defeated this force, and Qutb Khan was taken prisoner and sent to Jaunpur. Before the fighting could begin again, Mahmud died and was succeeded by his eldest son Bhikan, who assumed the title Muhammad Shah and negotiated a peace treaty with the Lodis.<ref name=":0" />

=== Architecture ===
The only surviving piece of architecture of his reign is the [[Lal Darwaza Mosque|Lal Darwaza mosque]], commissioned by his queen, Bibi Raji.<ref name=":04" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1457 deaths]][[Category:Jaunpur Sultanate]]

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Ajay Kumar at 09:02, 12 August 2023