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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 .
When Vasco da Gama made landfall in India in 1498, the Sultanate of Gujarat was one of the main commercial and maritime powers of India and the Indian Ocean. The region marketed various textiles, indigo, sugar and other commodities which were in high demand in Asia and Europe. [ 1 ]
From 1818 to 1947, most of present-day Gujarat, including Kathiawar, Kutch and northern and eastern Gujarat were divided into hundreds of princely states, but several districts in central and southern Gujarat, namely Ahmedabad, Broach , Kaira , Panchmahal and Surat, were governed directly by British officials. In 1812, an epidemic outbreak ...
Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah, born Bahadur Khan was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1526 to 1535 and again from 1536 to 1537. [2] [3] He ascended to the throne after competing with his brothers. He expanded his kingdom and made expeditions to help neighbouring kingdoms.
The Muzaffarid dynasty, also called the Muzaffarids, and sometimes, the Ahmedabad dynasty, ruled the Sultanate of Gujarat in western India from 1391 to 1583. The founder of the dynasty was Zafar Khan (later Muzaffar Shah I) who was governor of Gujarat under the Delhi Sultanate.
Gujarat Sultanate: Commanders and leaders; António da Silveira Martim Afonso de Sousa Francisco Pacheco: Suleyman Pasha Khadjar Safar: Strength; 600 men (garrison) [1] 139 ships 186 cannon: 16,000 Gujarati [2] 20,000–30,000 Ottomans [3] 79 ships [3] 130 cannon [4] Casualties and losses; All but 40 killed or wounded [5] Unknown casualties [5]
The last two Gujarat Sultans, Ahmad Shah III and Mahmud Shah III, were raised to the throne when they were young.So the nobles had decided to carry on the government under one noble as a regent of the Sultan and they further divided the country among themselves, each one undertaking to protect the frontiers and preserve the public peace.
The Kingdom of Gujarat was an early medieval kingdom in Western India. The kingdom was ruled by two related dynasties, the Chaulukyas and the Vaghelas , for a period of nearly four centuries and was ultimately conquered by the Delhi Sultanate as the Gujarat Province .