Bahadur Khan Gilani was an officer of the
Gujarat Sultanate. During 1491–1494, the
islands of Bombay were wrested from Gilani's control by the
Bahamani general
Mahmud Gavan.
During the greater portion of the 15th century, from the reign of
Ahmad Shah I
(1411-41) to that of
Bahadur
Shah (1527-36) Bombay remained in the hands of the Gujarat
monarchy.
Gilani extended his depredations on the
western coast of India further to the north so that ships from the
port-towns of Gujarat
were at his
mercy and some of the Sultan's own vessels were captured.
One of
Bahadur's officers, an Abyssinian named Yaqut, is said by Firishta to have attacked Mahim
, near
Bombay, with a fleet of twelve ships, and to have sacked and burnt
the place.
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