Sikander Shah II was the son and successor Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah

Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah

Shamsuddin Yousuf Shah was the son and successor of Sultan Rukunuddin Barbak Shah. He ascended the throne in 1474 and assumed the title Shamsuddin Abul Muzaffar Yusuf Shah...

. He took power in 1481 CE and ruled Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 for a very short period.

History

According to both historian Ghulam Husain and Nizamuddin Ahmad, Sikandar had mental illness and hence after ascending the power he was removed within a day or two. On a different account, he lost the confidence of the court nobles and it cost him the throne after ruling Bengal only for two months.

Coins and inscriptions of his name have not yet been found.