[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Hailing from the Sistan region,[8][9][10] their rule extended from 1342 to 1487, though interrupted with interregna by their slaves as well as the House of Ganesha.
[11] The ancestors of Ilyas Shah originated from Sistan, and according to Syed A M R Haque, arrived to the subcontinent as Muslim missionaries and the family were granted jagirs in Bengal in the year 1227.
Following Yahya's death in 1338, Ilyas Shah took control of Satgaon and declared himself as a Sultan, independent of Delhi.
Sikandar ruled for the next 30 years and built the Adina Masjid in Pandua in 1368 and Kotwali Darwaza in Gauḍa.
[12] Ganesha's son Jadu embraced Islam and assumed the title of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Shah.