[1] He came to Bengal in the mid-fifteenth century during the reign of Rukunuddin Barbak Shah, settling in the country's capital, Gaur.

[2] Shah Ismail Ghazi was born in Mecca into the Arab tribe of Quraysh,[3] and was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

[citation needed] Shah Ismail Ghazi's first campaign was against the confronting Prataparudra Deva of the Gajapati dynasty on the south-western frontier.

[11][6] Another theory says that after so many victories Bhandsi Rai, the commandant of Ghoraghat, was jealous of him and reported to the Sultan that Shah Ismail Ghazi was in collusion with the Raja of Kamrup.

[5] There are six shrines dedicated to the memory of the saint; one at Mandaran (in Jhanabad, west of Hooghly),[12] one at Ghoraghat, and four in Pirganj in the district of Rangpur, one of those being in Baradarga.