Indian Antiquary Vol 47

SR No.: 032539
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 386
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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THE FARUQI DYNASTY OF KHANDESH
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resented 'Ala-al-din's appeal to the powerful king of Gujarat, were in no mood to see his wrongs righted, and Mâhûr remained in the possession of Burhân.
This companionship in arms increased the intimacy between Bahadur and Muhammad and Bahadur not only permitted his sister's son, whose ancestors had been content with the title of Khân, to assume the royal title, but was accustomed to give him a seat beside him on his throne, and it was probably now that he openly acknowledged him as heir-presumptive to the throne of Gujarât.
In 1530 Bahadur again visited Burhanpur and seemed inclined, in response to an appeal from the King of Berar, to attack Ahmadnagar'once more, but Muhammad, who had nothing to gain from a strife which would convert Ahmadnagar into a permanent enemy of Khandesh, came forward as peacemaker, and his counsels prevailed. Early in 1531 Muhammad accompanied Bahadur on his expedition into Mâlwa, in which he captured Månda on March 28, 1531, affd subsequently, after reducing to obedience the Râjpûts who had acquired power in that country, in which operation he was much assisted by Muhammad annexed Malwa to Gujarât.
In 1534-35 Muhammad assisted Bahâdur in his siege of Chitor, which ended in the capture of that fortress, and in the same year accompanied him in his flight from Humayun's army at Mandasor to Mândů. Bahadur fled from Mândů to Châmpânîr, whither he was pursued by Humayun, and thence to Kåthíâwâd. Humâyûn's expedition into Mâlwa and Gujarat had much alarmed the kings of the Dakan, who were convinced that he intended at once to recover the Southern Kingdoms for Dihli, and Burhan I. of Ahmadnagar, Ibrâhîm "Adil Shah I. of Bijapur, Sultan Quli Qutb Shâh of Golconda, and Darya 'Imad Shah of Berar formed an alliance against him, but their apprehensions were premature, for Humâyûn, who was harassed by the activity of Bahadur's amtrs and disturbed by news of the progress made by the already formidable Shîr Shah, was unable to maintain his position in Gujarat and retired to Mândû and thence, on Bahadur Shah's return from Diū to Champânîr, to Dihli.
Humâyûn, on retiring to Dihli, left some of his amirs in Malwa to retain possession of the province, and Muhammad Shâh of Khandesh was engaged, under the orders of Bahadur Shah, in expelling those intruders, when he received news that Bahadur had been drowned on Feb. 13, 1537, at Diù, whither he had gone to treat with the Portuguese under Nuno da Cunha, and that the affairs of Gujarat were in great confusion owing to the return of the Mughul, Muḥammad Zaman Mirza, from Hindustan and the Panjáb. Muhammad Shah was summoned by the amfrs, in accordance with his uncle's will, to ascend the throne of Gujarat, but before he could reach Châmpânir he died, on May 4, 1537, and was buried in Burhanpûr.
On the death of Muhammad Shah an attempt was made to raise to the throne his young son Ahmad, but the majority of the amirs supported the cause of Muhammad's brother Mubarak. Ahmad died, or was probably put to death, and MubArak ascended the throne, using the royal title which, in the case of Muhammad, had been recognized by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. The death of Muhammad Shah had left the throne of Gujarat vacant,
and the amirs of that country were obliged to seek their king in Khåndesh, where Bahadur, · in order to secure an undisputed succession in Gujarat for his nephew, Muhammad Shah of