The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.69
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.69
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In 1493 Mahmūd Bīgarha of Gujarāt complained that the pirate Bahādur Gīlānī had plundered many ships of Gujarāt and had sent his lieutenant, Yāqūt, to plunder the port of Bombay, and requested ‘the King of the Deccan’ to control his refractory vassal. Qāsim Barīd assembled the royal army and, carrying the king into the field, marched against the rebel, Yūsuf, Ahmad, and Fathullāh sent contingents to his aid, for it was to the interest of all that the king of Gujarāt should have no pretext for invading the Deccan.