- Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat
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The Muzaffarid dynasty were sultans of Gujarat in western India from 1391 to 1583. The founder of the dynasty was Zafar Khan Muzaffar (later Muzaffar Shah I) who was governor of Gujarat under the Delhi Sultanate. Zafar Khan's father Sadharan, was a Jat convert to Islam. When the Sultanate was weakened by the sacking of Delhi by Timur in 1398, and Zafar Khan took the opportunity to establish himself as sultan of an independent Gujarat. His son, Ahmed Shah I established the capital at Ahmedabad. The dynasty ruled for almost 200 years, until the conquest of Gujarat by the Mughal Empire. The sultanate reached its peak of expansion under Mahmud Shah I Begara, reaching east into Malwa and west to the Gulf of Kutch.
During the Muzaffarid rule, Ahmedabad grew to become one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world, and the sultans were patrons of a distinctive architecture that blended Islamic elements with Gujarat's indigenous Hindu and Jain architectural traditions. Gujarat's Islamic architecture presages many of the architectural elements later found in Mughal architecture, including ornate mihrabs and minarets, jali (perforated screens carved in stone), and chattris (pavilions topped with cupolas).
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Sultans of Gujarat Sultanate
Title/Name[1] Personal Name Reign Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah I
شمس الدین مظفر شاہ اولZafar Khan 1391 - 1403 (1st Reign) Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Shah I
نصیر الدین محمد شاہ اولTatar Khan 1403 - 1404 Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah I
شمس الدین مظفر شاہ اولZafar Khan 1404 - 1411 (2nd Reign) Nasir-ud-Din Ahmad Shah I
نصیر الدین احمد شاہ اولAhmad Khan 1411 - 1443 Muizz-ud-Din Muhammad Shah II
المعز الدین محمد شاہ دومKarim Khan 1443 - 1451 Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II
قطب الدین احمد شاہ دومJalal Khan 1451 - 1458 Dawood Shah
داود شاہDawood Khan 1458 Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I (Mahmud Begada)
نصیر الدین محمود شاہ اول محمود بگڑاFateh Khan 1458 - 1511 Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah II
شمس الدین مظفر شاہ دومKhalil Khan 1511 - 1526 Sikandar Shah
سکندر شاہSikandar Khan 1526 Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II
نصیر الدین محمود شاہ دومNasir Khan 1526 Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah
قطب الدین بہادرشاہBahadur Khan 1526 - 1535 (1st Reign) Interregnum Mughal Empire: 1535 - 1536 Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah
قطب الدین بہادرشاہBahadur Khan 1536 - 1537 (2nd Reign) Miran Muhammad Shah III
میرن محمد شاہ تریہمMiran Muhammad Faruqi of Khandesh 6 weeks; 1537 Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah III
نصیر الدین محمود شاہ تریہمMahmud Khan 1537 - 1554 Ghiyas-ud-Din Ahmad Shah III
غیاث الدین احمد شاہ تریہمAhmad Khan 1554 - 1561 Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III
شمس الدین مظفر شاہ تریہمHubboo[2] or Nannu or Nathu [3](a pretender) 1561 - 1573 Interregnum Mughal Empire: 1573 - 1583 Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III
شمس الدین مظفر شاہ تریہمHubboo or Nannu or Nathu (a pretender) 1583 (Restored) Mughal Empire See also
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
Notes
- ^ The new Islamic dynasties: a chronological and genealogical manual New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys Series; Author:Clifford Edmund Bosworth ISBN 0748621377, 9780748621378
- ^ http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702050%26ct%3D0
- ^ http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00701023%26ct%3D151%26rqs%3D256%26rqs%3D436%26rqs%3D514%26rqs%3D601%26rqs%3D734
External links
Categories:- Dynasties of India
- History of Gujarat
- 1583 disestablishments
- States and territories established in 1391
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