Iwaz Khalji
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Ḥusām ad-Dīn ʿIwaz bin Ḥusayn Khaljī (Bengali: হুসামউদ্দীন ইওজ বিন হোসেন খলজী, Persian: حسام الدین عوض بن حسین خلجی), later known by his regnal title as Ghiyāth ad-Dīn ʿIwaz Shāh (Bengali: গিয়াসউদ্দীন ইওজ শাহ, Persian: غیاث الدین عوض شاه), was a two-time governor of Bengal under the Delhi Sultanate, and a member of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal. During his second term, lasting from 1212 to 1227, Khalji declared himself as an independent ruler of Bengal.
Malik Husamuddin/Ghiyathuddin Iwaz Khalji | |
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Governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) | |
In office 1208 – 1210 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Shiran Khalji |
Succeeded by | Ali Mardan Khalji |
Ruler of Bengal | |
In office 1212 – 1227 | |
Preceded by | Ali Mardan Khalji |
Succeeded by | Nasiruddin Mahmud |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1150 |
Died | c. 1227 Bengal |
Children | Ali Sher Khalji |
His regime has been described as "constructive" as Khalji made major developments to Bengal by innovating flood defence systems and interlinking major cities by means of constructing South Asia's earliest-recorded embankments and extending the Grand Trunk Road.[1][2] Khalji was also responsible for establishing Bengal's first naval force, the complete fortification of Lakhnauti (Gaur) and the founding of the fort-town of Basankot.[3]