Ahmad Shah's attendants, "Nasir ad-Din Ghulam", seized the throne after his death. 18th-century historian Ghulam Husain Salim claims that Ahmad himself was killed by two of his attendants, Shadi Khan and Nasir Khan, who fought amongst themselves with Nasir Khan usurping control. The nobles of Bengal managed to depose Khan within his short reign of either seven days, half a day or a few hours. The nobles subsequently installed to the throne a farmer named Mahmud, after realising that he descended from the Ilyas Shahis, the inaugural ruling dynasty of Bengal. See also List of rulers of Bengal History of Bengal History of India References Sultans of Bengal 15th-century Indian Muslims Year of birth unknown 15th-century Indian monarchs 1436 deaths 15th-century Bengalis Sunni monarchs People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh