Sultan
Abu'l Fath Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I,
Mahmud Begarha, popularly known as
Mahmud Begada (reigned May 25, 1458 –November 23, 1511) was the most prominent sultan of
Gujarat. He was the great-grandson of
Ahmad Shah I, the founder of the
Muzaffarid dynasty, and of the city of
Ahmedabad (Ahmed Aabad) in the present-day state of
Gujarat,
India. He was known to be quite religious. By his conquests, he expanded the territory of the Gujarat Sultanate to its maximum till its conquest of
Malwa, and ruled for 43 years. He titled himself,
Sultân al-Barr, Sultân al-Bahr, 'Sultan of the Land, Sultan of the Sea'.