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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 ...
Bengal Sultanate: Hussain Shahi dynasty (complete list) – Alauddin Husain Shah, Sultan (1494–1519) Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, Sultan (1519–1533) Alauddin Firuz Shah II, Sultan (1533) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan (1533–1538) Bengal Sultanate: Muhammad Shah dynasty (complete list) – Muhammad Khan Sur, Sultan (1554–1555)
The Gujarat Subah (Persian: صوبه گجرات) 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.
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 .
The nobles deserted Imad-ul-Mulk’s cause, and prince Bahadur Khan, returning to Gujarat, was joined by many supporters such as Taj Khan, the proprietor of Dhandhuka. Bahadur Khan marched to Champaner, captured and executed Imad-ul-Mulk, poisoned Nasir Khan, and ascended the throne in 1527 with the title of Bahadur Shah .
A History of Gujarat (1986) 379 pp. full text online free Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Padmanābha, ., & Bhatnagar, V. S. (1991). Kanhadade Prabandha: India's greatest patriotic saga of medieval times : Padmanābha's epic account of Kānhaḍade. New Delhi: Voice of India. Yazdani, Kaveh.
Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III was the last sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who nominally reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1561 to 1573 though true powers were exerted by his nobles. Mughal Emperor Akbar annexed Gujarat into his empire in 1573. Muzaffar Shah III was taken prisoner to Agra.