Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

Bahadur Shah
Copper coin of Bahadur Shah
11th Sultan of Gujarat
Reign1526–25 April 1535[1]
PredecessorMahmud Shah II
SuccessorHindál Mírza, Governor of Ahmedabad, Gujarat Subah, Mughal Empire
Reign1536–13 February 1537
PredecessorHindál Mírza
SuccessorMiran Muhammad Shah I (died before coronation)
Mahmud Shah III
Died13 February 1537
On board ship, near Diu, Arabian Sea
Names
Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah
DynastyMuzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat
FatherMuzaffar Shah II
ReligionSunni Islam

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. 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 of Khambhat.[5]

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