Muzaffar Shah II | |||||
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Sultan of Gujarat | |||||
Reign | 1511 - 1526 | ||||
Predecessor | Mahmud Begada | ||||
Successor | Sikandar Shah | ||||
Died | 5 April 1526 Ahmedabad |
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Burial | Sarkhej Roza | ||||
Issue | Bahadur Khan, Sikandar Khan | ||||
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Dynasty | Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat | ||||
Father | Mahmud Begada | ||||
Mother | Hirabai | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Full name | |
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Shams-ud-Dīn Muzaffar Shah II |
Gujarat Sultanate Muzaffarid dynasty (1407–1573) |
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Delhi Sultanate under Muhammad Shah III of Tughluq dynasty | |
Muzaffar Shah I | (1391-1403) |
Muhammad Shah I | (1403-1404) |
Muzaffar Shah I | (1404-1411) (2nd reign) |
Ahmad Shah I | (1411-1443) |
Muhammad Shah II | (1443-1451) |
Ahmad Shah II | (1451-1458) |
Dawood Shah | (1458) |
Mahmud Begada | (1458-1511) |
Muzaffar Shah II | (1511-1526) |
Sikandar Shah | (1526) |
Mahmud Shah II | (1526) |
Bahadur Shah | (1526-1535) |
Mughal Empire under Humayun | (1535-1536) |
Bahadur Shah | (1536-1537) (2nd reign) |
Miran Muhammad Shah I (Farooqi dynasty) |
(1537) |
Mahmud Shah III | (1537-1554) |
Ahmad Shah III | (1554-1561) |
Muzaffar Shah III | (1561-1573) |
Mughal Empire under Akbar | (1573-1584) |
Muzaffar Shah III | (1584) (2nd reign) |
Mughal Empire under Akbar |
Shams-ud-Dīn Muzaffar Shah II or Muzafar II, born Khalil Khan, was a ruler of the Muzaffarid dynasty, who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate from 1511 to 1526. He subdued Idar but came in conflict with Rana Sanga of Mewar when he captured Malwa. Rana invaded Gujarat but later returned due to resistance.
Mahmud Begada, the most prominent ruler of the dynasty. He had four sons; Khalíl Khán, Muhammad Kála, Ápá Khán, and Áhmed Khán. Mahmud Begada was succeeded by Khalíl Khán, the son of Ráni Hírábái the daughter of a Rájput chieftain named Nága Rána who lived on the bank of the Mahi river. On ascending the throne, at the age of twenty-seven, Khalíl adopted the title of Muzaffar Sháh.
For some time before his father’s death, Prince Khalíl Khán had been living at Baroda (now Vadodara) and shortly after his accession he visited that neighbourhood, and founded a town which he named Daulatábád. In 1514 Ráo Bhím, the son of Ráo Bhán of Idar State, defeated Ain-ul-Mulk, governor of Pátan, who was coming to Áhmedábád to pay his respects to the king. This officer had turned aside to punish the Ráo for some disturbance he had created, but failing in his purpose, was himself defeated. On the approach of Muzaffar Sháh, Ídar was abandoned by the Ráo, who made his peace with difficulty and only by agreeing to pay a heavy tribute. Meanwhile the king marched to Godhra, and so to Malwa by way of Dahod, whose fort he caused to be repaired, and soon after went on to Dhar.
In early 1514, Portuguese general Afonso de Albuquerque sent ambassadors to Muzaffar Shah II to seek permission to build a fort on Diu Island. The mission returned without an agreement, but diplomatic gifts were exchanged, including an Indian rhinoceros. Alfonso sent the gift, genda, and its Indian keeper, Ocem, to King Manuel I of Portugal. In late 1515, Manuel sent it as a gift, the famous Dürer's Rhinoceros to Pope Leo X. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which was the first living example seen in Europe since Roman times, as it drowned in shipwreck.