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Mahmud Shah II of Malwa

r. 1511–1531 · 16th century

Mahmud Shah II was the last sultan of the Khalji dynasty of Malwa, reigning from 1511 to 1531. Dependent on his Rajput minister Medini Rai, he was defeated and captured by Rana Sanga of Mewar in 1519 but released and restored to his throne. In 1531 Bahadur Shah of Gujarat took his capital Mandu and annexed Malwa, and Mahmud was killed while being taken as a prisoner to Gujarat.

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