Bahadur_Khan_Gilani
Bahadur Khan Gilani
Gujarati officer
Bahadur Khan Gilani was an officer of the Gujarat Sultanate. During 1491โ1494, the islands of Bombay were wrested from Gilani's control by the Bahamani general Mahmud Gawan.
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During the greater portion of the 15th century, from the reign of Ahmad Shah I (1411โ1442) to that of Bahadur Shah (1527โ1536), 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 Gilani'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.