Amin Khan Aitigin

Amin Khan Aitigin (Bengali: আমীন খাঁন আইতগিন, Persian: امین خان آیتگین) was the governor of Oudh and Lakhnauti (Bengal) under the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi in 1272. He was deposed the same year he took office.

Amin Khan Aitigin
Governor of Oudh and Lakhnauti (Bengal)
In office
1272 CE
MonarchSultan Ghiyas ud din Balban
Preceded bySher Khan of Bengal
Succeeded byTughral Tughan Khan

Biography

Following the death of Governor Sher Khan in 1272, Amin Khan was appointed as the Governor of Oudh and Bengal by Ghiyas ud din Balban, the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. Since most of Bengal had been under the control of the Eastern Ganga dynasty for over 30 years, he remained a weak governor with little money or power. This led to Tughral Tughan Khan, a former Governor of Bengal, being appointed by Balban as the deputy governor of Bengal.[1]

Soon after, Tughral deposed Amin on the banks of the Ghaghara and declared himself the new Governor.[2] Thus Amin Khan's short lived governorship ended in the same year he took office.[3]

See also

References
  1. W Nassau Lees. "The Tabaqat I Nasiri Of Aboo Omar Minhaj Al Din Othman" – via Internet Archive.
  2. ABM Shamsuddin Ahmed (2012). "Amin Khan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. Rajadhyaksha, P L Kessler and Abhijit. "Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdom of Bengal". www.historyfiles.co.uk.
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