Bahadur Shah of Gujarat conquered Malwa in 1531, absorbing the sultanate after defeating and killing its last independent sultan, Mahmud Khalji II, at the Battle of Sarangpur. Coinage struck under his authority in Malwa during this brief window reflects the administrative absorption of a previously independent mint tradition into the Gujarati sultanate's monetary system. The occupation ended abruptly with Bahadur Shah's death in 1537 — drowned under disputed circumstances during a confrontation with the Portuguese at Diu.
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat conquered Malwa in 1531, absorbing the sultanate after defeating and killing its last independent sultan, Mahmud Khalji II, at the Battle of Sarangpur. Coinage struck under his authority in Malwa during this brief window reflects the administrative absorption of a previously independent mint tradition into the Gujarati sultanate's monetary system. The occupation ended abruptly with Bahadur Shah's death in 1537 — drowned under disputed circumstances during a confrontation with the Portuguese at Diu.