The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.221

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king of Gujarát. He died in six weeks, and his brother Mubárak, who succeeded him on the throne of Khándesh, released Mahmúd but obtained from him the provinces of Sultánpur and Nandurbár as his ransom. These provinces remained from that time part of the Khándesh kingdom, and an attempt made in A.D. 1566 by Chengiz Khán, a Gujarát general, to retake them, was defeated, after he had penetrated as far as Thálner. Mubárak reigned till 1566. He was the first of the Khándesh kings who came in contact with the Mughals. In A.D. 1561 Báz Bahádur was expelled from Málwa by Akbar; the Mughal forces followed him into Khándesh and sacked Burhánpur; but were overtaken and routed by Mubárak.