“…In the year 832 he marched again to Idur; and on the sixth of Suffur, AH 832 (AD Nov. 14, 1428) carried by storm one of the principal forts in that province, wherein he built a magnificent mosque…”

—  Firishta

Sultãn Ahmad Shãh I of Gujrat (AD 1411-1443) Idar (Gujarat)
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