Religious Oppression by Raja Ganesha [Gaudeshwar Ganeshanarayan/ Rae Kans Shah] on Mu$lims, Medieval Bengal, 15th century.
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1] Sufi Badrul Islam & his brothers were hanged to death for just not bowing down in Bengal court. [History of Bengal (1200-1857), p-76 – Abdul Kareem. Jatiya Sahitya Prakash, Dhaka.]
2] 150 Alem & Sufis were drowned to death with a boat in the river of Mahananda. [Two Hundred Years of Bengal's History, p-111 - Shri Sukhamoy Mukhopadhyay. Bharati Bookstall, Kolkata.]
3] Shaikh Anwar, son of Nur Qutub Al Alam, was killed. His grandson, Shaikh Zahed was imprisoned in Sonargaon. [Sufi Influence in Bengal, p-76 - Dr. Enamul Haque. Ramon Publishers, Dhaka.]
4] Saifuddin Hamza Shah was was sentenced to death for not bowing down before Lord Vishnu idol. [Riyaz us Salatin, p-91 Ghulam Hussain Salim, Divya Prakash, Dhaka.]
5] After capturing Giyasuddin Azam Shah, his Begum was appointed as personal concubine cum dancer in the court of Raja Ganesha. [Social and Cultural History of Bengal, Volume 1, p-102 – MA Rahim. Bangla Academy, Dhaka.]
6] Raja Ganesh converted the Adina mosque into his Kachhari bari. Hindu murtis were established there & worship ritual initiated. [Ruler of Bengal during the Muslim period, p-132 - Ashkar Ibn Shaikh. Islamic Foundation, Dhaka.]
In his letters to Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, Nur Qutub Al Alam began to write,
"The ruler of this country, Kans (Ganesh), is an infidel. He is oppressing and bloodshed here of us. He killed many Alems and Sufis. He is preoccupied with the idea of expelling I$lam from the region."
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Gaudeshwara Ganeshanarayan, the sovereign Monarch of Bengal defeated Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, the invading Sultan of Jaunpur in battle. ~ AP Phayre, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 13 (1844) 44-46
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Ibrahim Sharqi died within a few days after his defeat to Raja Ganesha & his return from Bengal. As a result Nur Qutub ul Alam lost his powerful ally.
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At that time, Nur Qutub ul Alam wrote in a letter to a relative,
"There is no possibility of help coming to us. Now the highest we can do to pray all night and ask Allah for help (10)."
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