Muzaffar Shah III

Muzaffar Shah III
14th Sultan of Gujarat
Reign1561 – 1573 (nominal), 1583
PredecessorAhmad Shah III
SuccessorAkbar
Mirza Aziz Koka, Governor of Gujarat Subah, Mughal Empire
Died24 December 1592
Dhrol, Gujarat, India
Names
Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III
DynastyMuzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat
ReligionIslam

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. In 1583, he escaped from the prison and with the help of the nobles succeeded to regain the throne for a short period before being defeated by Akbar's general Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana in January 1584. He fled and finally took asylum under Jam Sataji of Nawanagar State. The Battle of Bhuchar Mori was fought between the Mughal forces led by Mirza Aziz Koka and the combined Kathiawar forces in 1591 to protect him. He finally committed suicide in 1592 when he was surrendered to the Mughal by the ruler of Cutch State.