Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah

Yusuf was born into a ruling class Bengali Muslim Sunni family known as the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, in the Bengal Sultanate.

His father, Barbak, and his grandfather, Mahmud, were descendants of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah – the founder of the ruling dynasty as well as the nation.

Hailing from what is now eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan, Yusuf's family was of Sistani ancestral origin but had assimilated in Bengal for over a hundred years.

[4] After the death of his father Rukunuddin Barbak Shah in 1474, Yusuf ascended the throne of Bengal stylising himself as Shams ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Yūsuf Shāh.

[5] He had several ministers under him such as Majlis Alam and Malik Khaqan Pahlavi and Mirṣād Khān Atābek, who constructed numerous mosques across his domain.