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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Malik Sarwar<br />
| title = Sultan-ush-Sharq<br />
| image = <br />
| succession = Sultan of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]]<br />
| reign = 1394 – 1399<br />
| predecessor = ''Sultanate established''<br />
| successor = Mubarak Shah<br />
}}'''Sultan-ush-Sharq Atabak-i-Azam Malik Sarwar''' was the first sultan of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]] and the founder of the Sharqi dynasty.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Malik Sarwar was an [[eunuch]] of common birth, possibly a slave of [[Siddi|African]] descent, in the [[Delhi Sultanate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hawley |first=John C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMmu7gN8EwUC&dq=Malik+Sarwar+jaunpur+african&pg=RA1-PA237 |title=India in Africa, Africa in India: Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanisms |date=2008-06-25 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00316-4 |language=en}}</ref> The first mention of him in contemporary records describes him as the custodian of royal jewelry during the reign of [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]]. He was later appointed ''Shahnah-i-Shahr'' (governor of the city) of [[Delhi]].<br />
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He played an important role in the accession of [[Muhammad Shah (Sayyid dynasty)|Muhammad Shah]] to the throne of Delhi, and was appointed the [[Vizier|wazir]] and awarded the title of ''Khwaja-i-Jahan''. He later made Malik Sarwar the governor of the eastern provinces, awarding him the title of ''Sultan-ush-Sharq'' ([[sultan]] of the east).<br />
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Malik Sarwar continued to play an important role in the politics surrounding the throne, and in the accession of Mahmud Shah.<br />
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==Reign==<br />
In 1394, when the news of a rebellion in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] arrived. Mahmud appointed Malik Sarwar to his earlier position of the governor of the eastern provinces, and dispatched with him a large army, with twenty elephants. Malik Sarwar defeated the rebels and returned to Jaunpur.{{Sfn|Saeed|1972|p=30–32}}<br />
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At this point, he was practically independent as the Delhi Sultanate was in decline. He issued coins in his name, and had the Friday sermon read in his name, and gave himself the title of ''Atabak-i-Azam'' (the great lord).{{Sfn|Saeed|1972|p=32–33}}<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
As Malik Sarwar was a eunuch, he had to adopt an heir. He adopted Malik Mubarak Qaranfal and his brothers, and Malik Mubarak would later succeed him as Mubarak Shah. Mubarak Shah would be succeeded by his younger brother [[Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur|Ibrahim Shah]], and thus, the Sharqi dynasty was established, taking it's name from Malik Sarwar's title.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Saeed |first=Mian Muhammad |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Sharqi_of_Jaunpur.html?id=SIFVDQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=The Sharqi of Jaunpur: A Political & Cultural History |publisher=University of Karachi |year=1972 |language=en |ref={{sfnref|Saeed|1972}}}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Haig |first=Wolseley |title=The Cambridge History of India |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1928 |volume=III |author-link=Wolseley Haig}}<br />
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