The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.167

v4.c15.167

Akbar had been kept regularly informed of events in Gujarāt, the condition of which kingdom was now deplorable. Its recent history had been the record of a series of bloody struggles for supremacy between ambitious and self-seeking nobles, and it was this state of affairs which had proved so attractive to the Mīrzās. Muzaffar III, the nominal king, whose claim to royal birth was extremely doubtful, was powerless to maintain even a semblance of order and was never more than a tool in the hands of others.