[3] According to some historians, Mubarak was born into a Bengali Sunni Muslim family in a village located in the eastern part of Noakhali, in present day Bangladesh.
[8] After the death of Bahram Khan in 737 AH (1336-1337 AD), Mubarak rose to power and declared himself as independent ruler from his proclaimed capital in Sonargaon.
[4] Shah's conquests of Comilla and Noakhali (present-day Bangladesh) were followed by gains of northern Sylhet and southern Chittagong.
[1] Shah sponsored several construction projects, including a trunk road and raised embankments, along with mosques and tombs.
[1] Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah, was most probably Fakhruddin's son according to historian Jadunath Sarkar and succeeded him and ruled the independent Sultanate from Sonargaon till 1352.