THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1407–1571

Gujarat Sultanate

The last sultans ruled under regent nobles until Akbar's conquest (1572–73; Wikipedia 'Gujarat Sultanate': end 1573, capital Ahmedabad 1535–73). Zafar Khan (Muzaffar Shah I), Tughluq governor, was effectively independent from the 1390s and took the royal title in 1407 (Wikipedia 'Gujarat Sultanate'; Joppen p.

19). Mainland Gujarat with eastern Saurashtra and the north Konkan ports (Thana, Mahim, contested with the Bahmanis). Champaner, Idar, Junagadh and Kutch were outside or only tributary. Mahmud Begada annexed Junagadh (1472) and Dwarka (1473), bringing all Saurashtra under the sultanate. Kutch stayed under its Jadeja chiefs; Champaner held out until 1484. Wikipedia 'Gujarat Sultanate'. Mahmud Begada took Champaner (1484) and made it his capital; the sultanate now held all mainland Gujarat and Saurashtra, as on Joppen's 1525 map. Restored after Humayun's withdrawal (1536); Malwa was lost to Mallu Khan (1537), the north Konkan and Diu fort to the Portuguese. The sultanate lasted until Akbar's conquest (1573).

See Gujarat Sultanate on the map in 1484

On the map
1407–1571
Capital
Ahmedabad; Anhilwad Patan; Ahmedabad from 1411; Champaner (Muhammadabad)

Rulers named in the sources

More South Asian kingdoms, 1200 BCE–1578

The late Vedic kingdoms of the Kurus, Panchalas and Kashi and the first Mahajanapadas before 600 BCE; the first century of the Anuradhapura kingdom; the last decades of the Gujarat, Khandesh and Malwa sultanates and of the Rajput kingdoms of Marwar, Jaisalmer and Bikaner; and the Deora kingdom of Sirohi and the Garhwal kingdom.

South Asia's regional kingdoms, 1000–1550

Between the Ghaznavid raids and the Mughal conquest, South Asia was shared by dozens of regional states: the Madurai Sultanate in the Tamil country, the sultanates of Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh, the Reddi and Velama kingdoms of Andhra, the Gajapatis of Odisha, the Rajput kingdoms of Mewar and Marwar, the Ahom, Chutia, Kamata and Tripura kingdoms of the north-east, the successors of the Chera Perumals on the Malabar coast, and the Sinhala kingdoms of Gampola, Kotte and Kandy. Few medieval sources describe frontiers.

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