Ashrafi Dynasty (Principia Moderni III Map Game)

The Ashrafi Dynasty is the ruling family in the Sultanate of Bengal and has ruled over the Sultanate of Jaunpur in the past. The Ashrafi Dynasty is also notable as being the only Bengali Imperial dynasty, not of Bengal descent but rather from Jaunpur.

The Ashrafi Dynasty, as the ruling dynasty of the Roman Empire, is one of the more powerful and connected political families in the India, with allies and resources across the Indian sub-continent and considerable influence within neighbouring areas. To their own people, the Ashrafi are seen as saviors of the Empire, even though the first few rulers of the dynasty had only been sent to occupy Bengal to integrate it into Jaunpur, a decision which was later over-turned. There is truth to the statement, however, that the Ashrafi Dynasty helped save the Sultanate and allowed it to recover its strength, eventually surpassing the authority of Jaunpur itself.

Ashrafi Main Branch (Sultanate of Bengal)
The Ashrafi-Mahmud Shahi Branch has been the ruling royal family for Bengal since 1808 to incumbent. The branch dynastay came to be when Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah of Jaunpur married Sultana Safiatuddin of Suri. Their issue, a pair of non-identical twins, would form two new branches of rulers. Mahmud Shah I, the first born, would become the Sultan of the Sultanate of Bengal, bringing the main branch with him to Bengal from Jaunpur while Ibrahim Shah II, the second born, would become the Sultan of the Sultanate of Jaunpur as well as the founder of the branch dynasty.

Under the Ashrafi-Mahmud Shahi dynasty, Bengal maintained close relations with the the Sultanate of Jaunpur as India entered the armaments and technological race between Deccan Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Jaunpur Sultanate, Dal Khalsa and Vijaynagara Rajya. Towards the mid-19th century, the Jaunpur military and Bengali military cooperated extensively on sharing technology in an attempt to gain leverage over their neighbours.