Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.23

c8.s4.23

In 1511 Mahmūd Beghārā was succeeded by his son Muzaffar Shāh II. In attempting to prevent Malwa from falling entirely under Hindu domination, Muzaffar became involved in a disastrous war with Mewar. He was successful in getting Mahmūd Khaljī II of Malwa reinstated on his throne (1519), but at the cost of Gujarat's stability and strength, because in the same year Rana Sangrām Singh occupied Idar, plundered Ahmadnagar and marched on Vadnagar. In 1521-22 Muzaffar retaliated by storming many Rajput strongholds and the Rana offered terms of peace. But in 1524 Muzaffar's son Bhādur, claiming but not getting equality with the heir-apparent, fled to Ibrāhīm Lodī at Delhi. Thus the politics of Gujarat was in a melting pot when Bābur arrived in India.