Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah son and successor of Sultan shamsuddin firuz shah. Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah issued coins when his father was still living. On the death of his father he ascended the throne in 1322 and ruled up to 1324. ghiyasuddin tughlaq, sultan of Delhi, declared war upon him in 1324, captured him and took him to Delhi as a prisoner. Sultan muhammad bin tughlaq released him and gave him the assignment to rule sonargaon as a vassal. He, however, asserted independence in 1328 and was defeated and killed by the imperial general Bahram Khan. Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah founded a new city, ghiyaspur, at a site 24 Kilometre southwest of Mymensingh.

[Muazzam Hussain Khan]