Early Life
He worked under the service of Delhi but facing problems he escaped to Bengal. Then Ilyas started working under Izzuddin Yahya, the provincial governor of Satgaon under the Delhi Sultanate. In 1338, after Izzuddin Yahya's death, Ilyas Shah took control of Satgaon and declared independence from the Delhi Sultanate. Consolidating his authority at Satgaon, he waged a long drawn war (1339–1342) against Sultan Alauddin Ali Shah of Lakhnauti and after defeating him, Ilyas Shah ascended the throne of Lakhnauti in 1342 under the title of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah.
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