Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c11.47

c11.47

Gujarat was commonly known as Cambay to the Portuguese as well as Muslim writers. Castanheda calls it "the chief kingdom of India."³³ The Sultan of Gujarat is said to have jurisdiction over sixty thousand towns,³⁴ large and small, both along the sea coast and scattered throughout the interior. The important towns were Ahmedabad, Baroda, Broach, and Cambay. According to Castanheda Bahadur Shah of Gujarat had assembled in 1534, at the time of his entry into Mandu, a force of 150,000 cavalry and 500,000 infantry.