The Muzaffarid dynasty, also called the Muzaffarids, and sometimes, the Ahmedabad dynasty or the Ahmad Shahis, ruled the Gujarat Sultanate in western India from 1391 to 1583. The founder of the dynasty was Zafar Khan (later Muzaffar Shah I) who was governor of Gujarat under the Delhi Sultanate. When the Sultanate was weakened by the sacking of Delhi by Timur in 1398, and Zafar Khan took the opportunity to establish himself as sultan of an independent Gujarat. His grandson, Ahmad Shah I established the capital at Ahmedabad. The dynasty ruled for almost 200 years, until the conquest of Gujarat by the Mughal Empire in 1572.
Origin
Sultans of Gujarat Title/NameThe new Islamic dynasties: a chronological and genealogical manual New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys Series; Author:Clifford Edmund Bosworth , Personal Name Reign Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah I Zafar Khan1391–1403 (1st Reign) Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Shah I Tatar Khan1403–1404Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah I Zafar Khan1404–1411 (2nd Reign) Nasir-ud-Din Ahmad Shah I Ahmad Khan1411–1442Muizz-ud-Din Muhammad Shah II Karim Khan 1442–1451 Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II Jalal Khan 1451–1458 Daud Shah Daud Khan 1458 Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I (Mahmud Begada) Fateh Khan 25 May 1458 – 23 November 1511 Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah II Khalil Khan 23 November 1511 – 5 April 1526 Sikandar Shah Sikandar Khan 1526Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II Nasir Khan 1526Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah Bahadur Khan 1526–25 April 1535 (1st Reign) Interregnum (Mughal Empire under Humayun: 1535–1536)Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah Bahadur Khan1536–13 February 1537 (2nd Reign)Miran Muhammad Shah I Miran Muhammad Faruqi of Khandesh 6 weeks; 1537Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah III Mahmud Khan 10 May 1537 – 1554Ghiyas-ud-Din Ahmad Shah III Ahmad Khan 1554–1561Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah IIIHubboo or Hubbu or Nannu or Nathu (a pretender according to Mughal historians)1561–1573 Interregnum (Mughal Empire under Akbar: 1573–1583)Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah IIIHubboo or Nannu or Nathu (a pretender according to Mughal historians)1583 (Restored) Mughal Empire under Akbar
Genealogy of Muzaffarids
Gujarat Sultanate Malwa Sultanate Khandesh Sultanate Khanzadas of Nagaur
Muzaffar Shah I briefly held Malwa after taking Dhar in 1407 and appointed his brother Shams Khan as governor, but restored Hoshang Shah to his throne in 1409–10. Ahmad Shah III's parentage is recorded by Haji-ud-Dabir's history of Gujarat and Mirat-i-Ahmadi. Muzaffar Shah III's descent from Mahmud Shah III was claimed by Itimad Khan and disputed by Abul Fazl. The Nagaur line follows Shokoohy & Shokoohy (1993), Appendix I.
See also List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
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