| Muzaffar Shah III | |||||
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| 14th Sultan of Gujarat | |||||
| Reign | 1561 – 1573 (nominal), 1583 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Shah III | ||||
| Successor | Akbar Mirza Aziz Koka, Governor of Gujarat Subah, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 24 December 1592 Dhrol, Gujarat, India | ||||
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| Dynasty | Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Gujarat Sultanate Muzaffarid dynasty |
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Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III was the last sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who nominally reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1561 to 1573 though true powers were exerted by his nobles. Mughal Emperor Akbar annexed Gujarat into his empire in 1573. Muzaffar Shah III was taken prisoner to Agra. In 1583, he escaped from the prison and with the help of the nobles succeeded to regain the throne for a short period before being defeated by Akbar's general Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana in January 1584. He fled and finally took asylum under Jam Sataji of Nawanagar State. The Battle of Bhuchar Mori was fought between the Mughal forces led by Mirza Aziz Koka and the combined Kathiawar forces in 1591 to protect him. He finally committed suicide in 1592 when he was surrendered to the Mughal by the ruler of Cutch State.