When
Sher Shah Suri ascended to the throne of
Delhi in 1539, he appointed Khidr Khan to govern the province of
Bengal. In 1541,
Sher Shah Suri, who recognised the importance of the Bengal province for the development of the
Sur Empire, was informed of a number of Khan's treacherous acts. He was informed of Khan's marriage to a daughter of
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, who was the late Sultan of the
Bengal Sultanate's former
Hussain Shahi dynasty that Suri defeated in 1538. It is thought that Khan married the late Sultan's daughter as a method to claim independence and be known as the rightful sovereign heir of the Hussain Shahi dynasty. Suri set off for Bengal to deal with Khan. Upon reaching him, Suri questioned Khan on why he married the princess without his consent and why he was sat on the
Tawqi (raised platform) as the independent
Sultans of Bengal used to do. As a result of Khan's treachery, Suri swiftly dismissed him as governor and imprisoned him. Suri then divided Bengal into numerous administrative units, each governed by a Muqta (the title of a designated provincial governor) and then appointed
Qazi Fazilat of
Agra as the chief of all of the Muqtas of Bengal. ==See also==