Person · r. c. 1342 – 1358
Shams-ud-din Ilyas Shah
Assumed the throne on the death of Ala-ud-din Ali Shah, whose army he is said to have tampered with beforehand, and reigned about sixteen years, resisting Delhi's forces under Firuz Tughluq, until his own death.
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- vol. IV, p. 331 · read as page image
On the death of Alla-ood-Deen, Haji Elias assumed the title of Shums-ood-Deen Poorby Bhungera, and caused the public prayers to be read, and money to be coined, in his name, as King of Bengal.