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Names
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Sultan Abu'l Fath Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I
- popularly known as Mahmud Begada
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Date of Birth
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1445 (Date
not known) - in Ahmedabad, India
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Date of Death
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November 23, 1511
- in Ahmedabad, India
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Profession / Traits / Activities
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Sultan of Gujarat (reigned
May 25, 1458 –November 23, 1511)
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Special Achievements / Events
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- The most
prominent sultan of Gujarat.
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He was the
great-grandson of Ahmad Shah I,
the founder of the Muzaffarid
dynasty, and of the city of
Ahmedabad (Ahmed Aabad) in the
present-day state of Gujarat, India.
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He also
founded city called Mahemdabad
in Gujarat. It is situated on the main
railway-line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai,
on the banks of river Vatrak.
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He expanded
the territory of the Gujarat Sultanate to
its maximum till its conquest of Malwa, and
ruled for 43 years.
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He titled
himself, Sultân al-Barr, Sultân al-Bahr,
'Sultan of the Land, Sultan of the Sea'.
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