Gujarat under Shah Jahan
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Gujarat under Mughal Empire Gujarat Subah (1573–1756) |
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| Gujarat Sultanate | (1407–1535) |
| Humayun | (1535-1536) |
| Gujarat Sultanate | (1536-1573) |
| Akbar | (1573–1605) |
| Jehangir | (1605–1627) |
| Shah Jahan | (1627–1658) |
| Aurangzeb | (1658–1707) |
| Bahadur Shah I | (1707-1712) |
| Jahandar Shah | (1712–1713) |
| Farrukhsiyar | (1713–1719) |
| Muhammad Shah | (1719–1748) |
| Ahmad Shah Bahadur | (1748–1754) |
| Alamgir II | (1754–1756) |
| Gujarat under Maratha Empire | (1756-1819) |
The Mughal Empire's province Gujarat (now in India) was managed by the Viceroys appointed by the emperors. On the death of the emperor Jehangir, his son Shah Jahan ascended the to throne in 1627. His Gujarat viceroy Sher Khán Túar worked for relief in 1631-31 femine in the province. Shah Jahan sent his men to expand its territories further south. Between 1632 to 1635, four viceroys were appointed due to their precious gift to the emperor and they could not manage the province well. Kolis of Kankrej in north Gujarat committed excesses and the Jam of Nawanagar did not paid the tribute. Soon Azam Khan was appointed who put the province in order by subdueing Kolis in north and Kathis in Kathiawad. He also made the Jam of Nawanagar surrender. The next viceroy Ísa Tarkhán carried out financial reforms. In 1644, the Mughal prince Aurangzeb was appointed as the viceroy who was engaged in relious disputes for destroying a Jain temple in Ahmedabad. Due to his disputes, he was replaced by Sháistah Khán who failed to subdue Kolis. So the prince Murad Bakhsh was appointed as the viceroy in 1654. He restored the disorder soon. In 1657, hearing news of Shah Jahan's severe illness, Murad Bakhsh declared himself the emperor and rebelled with his brother Aurangzeb. They defeated the Jaswant Singh and Kásam Khán, whom Sháh Jahán had appointed viceroys of Málwa and Gujarát respectively in the battle of Dharmatpur. They further went to the capital, Agra but were confronted by Dara Shikoh. They defeated him in the Battle of Samugarh (1658). Soon Aurangzed dumped and imprisioned Murad Bakhsh, confined his father and declared himself the emperor in 1658.
On the death of the emperor Jehangir, his son Shah Jahan ascended the to throne in 1627. Remembering the incumbent viceroy Saif Khán’s hostility to him during his rebellion against his father, he imprisoned him and appointed Sher Khán Túar eighteenth viceroy with Khwájah Hayát as his minister. When Shah Jahan was near Surat, he appointed Mír Shams-ud-dín to be governor of Surat Castle. In 1627, Sháh Jahán on his way to Delji visited Ahmedabad and encamped outside of the city near the Kankaria Lake. Sher Khán was advanced to the command of 5000 men, and received an increase of salary and other gifts. At the same time Khán Jehán was appointed his minister, and Mîrza Ísa Tarkhán was made viceroy of Thatta in Sindh. In 1628, Khwájah Abúl Hasan was sent to conquer the country of Nashik and Sangamner which he ravaged, and returned after taking the fort of Chandod and levying tribute from the chief of Baglan. In 1630, Jamál Khán Karáwal came to the Gujarát-Khándesh frontier and captured 130 elephants in the Sultánpur forests, seventy of which valued at a lákh of rupees were sent to Delhi.
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