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The most famous ruler of this dynasty was Mahmud I (862-917/145 8-1511). It was during his 26 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 MUSLIM INDIA BEFORE THE MUGHALS reign that Gujarat made common cause with the Mamluks of Egypt and defeated the Portuguese fleet off Chaul in 913/1508. The Portuguese, however, appeared with a stronger force next year and defeated the Muslim navies near the island of Diu (Dlw). This defeat destroyed Muslim trade in the Arabian Sea. Bahadur Shah, 932-43/1526-37,w ^ ° was engaged in war against the Mughal Humayun as well as continually against the Portuguese, was the last great sultan of Gujarat, for he was followed by more puppet kings supported by rival nobles.
8). On the death of Shams al-Din Feroz there was a war of succession and Ghiyas al-Din Tughluq installed Nasir al-Din on the Bengal throne at Lakhnawti and annexed the rest of the kingdom (see above, p. 13). During Muhammad b. Tughluq's reign, Bahadur, who had been displaced by Ghiyas al-Din Tughluq, was placed on the throne of Sonargaon under the tutelage of an official. Bahadur rebelled and was executed. Once again, because Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 MUSLIM INDIA BEFORE THE MUGHALS Muhammad b.
There was infantry as well, recruited mainly from Hindus and others who could not afford a horse, and frequently not maintained as a permanent cadre except for the body-guards. The army was organized on a decimal basis. The departments of justice, bisba (public morals) and police functioned in accordance with the general pattern that had developed elsewhere in the Muslim world. Justice was dispensed through ma%dlim (governmental and administrative), qa%a (civil), and siydsa (martial law and cases of rebellion) courts.