Mandalika
Mandalika III was the Abhira (Ahir)[1][2] ruler of Junagarh (1432-1470) and was the son of Khangara III[3]Ra Mandalika I ascended the throne in 1260A.D when the muslims were begenning to establish their rule in Gujarat.[4] Ra Mundalika died in 1400 A.D; Ra Melaka (1400-1415 A.D) succeeded him who drove the muslims garrison out but afterwords he himself was driven out.[5]Ra Mundalika also fought with Mahmud Ghaznavi.[6]Somnath temple was attacked by Muslim General Alaf Khan but was fought by Mundalika.[7]Later on Sultan Mahmud Begada forced Ra Mandalika III embrace Islam or face death[8] and thus ended the relative independence of Saurastra.[9]Ra Mandalika accepted Islam and received the title of Khan Jahan and his descendants long occupied the respectable posts at the Gujarat Court.
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- ↑ Munshi, Kanaiyalal Maneklal (1976). Somanatha, the Shrine Eternal. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
- ↑ Seth, Krishna Narain (1978). The Growth of the Paramara Power in Malwa. Progress Publishers.
- ↑ "Mandalika", Wikipedia, 2021-11-12, retrieved 2023-06-24
- ↑ Śaivite temples and sculptures at Somanātha
- ↑ Pandey, Shiv Narayan (1987). Śaivite Temples and Sculptures at Somanātha. Ramanand Vidya Bhawan.
- ↑ Junâgaḍh.), Ranchoḍji Amarji (Divân of (1882). Târikh-i-Soraṭh: A History of the Provinces of Soraṭh and Hâlâr in Kâṭhiâwâd. Educ. Soc. Press & Thacker & Company.
- ↑ Rajan, K. V. Soundara (1985). Junagadh. Archaeological Survey of India.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=-0pAAAAAMAAJ&q=+Islam
- ↑ Rajan, K. V. Soundara (1985). Junagadh. Archaeological Survey of India.