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The Gujarat Sultanate or Sultanate of Guzerat was a late medieval Islamic Indian kingdom in Western India, primarily in the present-day state of Gujarat. The kingdom was established in 1394 when Muzaffar Shah I , the Governor of Gujarat, declared independence from the Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi .
In 1532, Gujarat came under attack of the Mughal Emperor Humayun and fell. Bahadur Shah regained the kingdom in 1536 but he was killed by the Portuguese on board a ship when making a deal with them. The army of Bahadur Shah included the Koli tribe and Abyssinians. [4] The Kolis of Gujarat attacked Humayun in the help of Bahadur Shah at the Gulf ...
Sher Shah Suri Shah Sultan Adil Ustad -I- Badshahan [a] Hazrat -i-Ala Lion King Painting of Sher Shah Suri from a manuscript of Tarikh-i-Khandan-i-Timuriya (dated between c. 1570–1590), prepared by the court painters of Mughal emperor Akbar Sultan of Hindustan Reign 6 April 1538/17 May 1540 — 22 May 1545 [b] Coronation First coronation: 6 April 1538 Second coronation: 17 May 1540 ...
The Sultanate of Gujarat remained independent until 1576, when the Mughal emperor Akbar conquered and annexed it to the Mughal Empire as a province. Surat had become the prominent and main port of India during Mughal rule. Later in the 18th century, parts of Gujarat came under control of the Baroda State, a kingdom within the Maratha Confederacy.
Losses crippled the Mamluk Sultanate and the Gujarat Sultanate. The Battle of Diu was a battle of annihilation similar to the Battle of Lepanto and the Battle of Trafalgar , and one of the most important in world naval history , for it marks the beginning of European dominance over Asian seas that would last until the Second World War .
Kashmir Sultanate and Sindh Sultanate were established by the Shah Mir and Samma dynasties respectively in the 14th century while the Multan Sultanate was established in the 15th century by the Langah dynasty. Regional kingdoms such as Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Khandesh, Jaunpur, and Bahmanis expanded at the expense of the Delhi Sultanate ...
The Golconda Sultanate was incorporated as a subah, or province of the Mughal Empire, called Hyderabad Subah. [169] In February 1689, Aurangzeb's forces captured and executed the successor of Shivaji, Sambhaji, then Aurangzeb drove the Maratha forces south, and further expansion into the Deccan and southern India was achieved during his reign ...
The Gujarat Subah (Persian: صوبه گجرات) [citation needed] was a province of the Mughal Empire, encompassing the Gujarat region. The region first fell under Mughal control in 1573, when the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) defeated the Gujarat Sultanate under Muzaffar Shah III. Muzaffar tried to regain the Sultanate in 1584 but failed.