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The first Lieutenant-Governor was appointed in 1854 and the constitution of the Government of Bengal still continues on this basis, except that the Lieutenant-Governor is now appointed subject to the approval of the Queen. The foregoing summary must Governorship.
suffice for the general history of
narrated under the towns
or
but many episodes will be
It is where they occurred. details beyond a bare list of the
Bengal
places
impossible here to give any historical rulers.
First Period. EARLY MUHAMMADAN GOVERNORS OF BENGAL. A.D.
1159
A. H.
595
Governors of Bengal.
Muhammad
Bakhtiyar
602
Sovereigns of
Hindustan.
England.
John
Muiz-ud-din [alias Shahabud-din) Ghori Kutab-ud-din
Khilji
1205
Emperors of
Muhammad Sheran Khilji
Do.
Aibak 1208
Mardan
Ali
1226
605 608 624
1229 1229 1233 1244
627 627 631 642
Ala-ud-din Jani
Tughan Khan Taimur Khan
1244
642
Malik Yuzbeg Tughral
I
2 II
Khilji
Do.
Do. Altamsh Do.
Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Nasir-ud-din, son of
Henry
III.
Do.
Emp. Altamsh Saif-ud-din
Do. Do. Do. Do.
Do. Do.
Aibak
Sultana Raziya Ala-ud-din
Mas’ud Do.
Do.
Nasir-ud-din
Do.
Khan 1258
656
Jalal-ud-din Mas’ud
Mahmud 1258
657
1259 1260
657 659
1277?
676?
Izz-ud-din Balban (after-
wards Emperor) Arslan Khan Khwarizmi Arslan Tatar Khan Tughral (Sultan Majliiss-
681
f 1
1291
691
Kukn-ud-din Kai Kaus
Do. Do.
Do. Do.
Muiz-ud-din
Kaikabad Firoz Shah Khilji
1
1
1
1302 131S
P
Shams-ud-din Firoz Shah Shahab-ud-din Bughra
P
Ghiyas-ud-din Bahadur
702
Ala-ud-din Khilji Ala-ud-din Khilji
Mubarik Shah
Shah
1
? j
Tughlak Shah
Shah p
P
Nasir-ud-din
p
p
Kadr Khan
Edward
Balban Do.
Nasir-ud-dinBughraKhan (son of Balban)
1
Do.
Ghiyas-ud-din
ud-din)
1282
Do.
hluhammad Tughlak Do.
I.
Do. I 1
1-
Do.
1
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Edward Do.
11.
