Packet 8: Bonus 19

This sultanate was usurped by the Hindu banker Raja Ganesha, who made a deal with Muslim nobles that his son would convert to Islam and succeed him as Jalal al-Din. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this sultanate founded by Ilyas Shah, who moved the capital to Pandua and remained largely independent of Delhi. This late medieval sultanate expanded the trade of its lands’ renowned muslin.
ANSWER: Bengal Sultanate [or Sultanate of Bengal]
[10h] Ilyas Shah’s son Sikandar commissioned Pandua’s Adina Mosque, which combined Arab and Persian styles with motifs from these two Hindu dynasties that ruled Bengal prior to the Ilyas Shahis. Name either dynasty.
ANSWER: Pala dynasty OR Sena dynasty
[10e] After warring with Babur and Sher Shah, the Bengal Sultanate was eventually defeated by this “Great” Mughal emperor who also conquered Gujarat and Kashmir.
ANSWER: Akbar [or Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar]
<Editors, World History> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
1214.17100%25%17%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Georgia Tech BToronto A001010E
HarvardOhio State001010E
IndianaWaterloo1001020ME
MITPittsburgh001010E
NYU BMaryland A001010E
North CarolinaRutgers001010E
Stanford BIllinois A1001020ME
TexasGeorgia Tech A001010E
Toronto BNorthwestern A0101020HE
UC Berkeley BBrown10101030MHE
UCLAMaryland B001010E
WashUChicago A001010E

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓1214.17100%25%17%