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Akbar takes Gujarat, 980

أكبر يأخذ كجرات 980هـ

c. 1572 CE · 980 AH

In 980 Sultan Akbar b. Humayun — four generations from Timur — took Gujarat 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
Region
South Asia
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1560157015801590 c.
The Gunpowder Empires

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In 980 Sultan Akbar b. Humayun took Gujarat — of Timur's line, four fathers between them 1.

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Akbar the Great

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Hamida Banu Begum· Humayun ibn Babur· Akbar the Great

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 391
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Hamida Banu Begum

Draft card for Hamida Banu Begum, wife of Humayun and mother of Akbar, titled Maryam Makani, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); her entry in Hasan Ibrahim's Tarikh al-Islam is not yet checked on the page, so no dates are given.