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Gopi Malik captured Surat and Shivaji destroyed it

12 March 2020 As mentioned in the Gujarat State Gazetteer (page no. 81-83) about Surat district, during the medieval era, Qutbuddin Aibak, a general of Mohammed Ghori, defeated Bhimdev, the ruler of present-day North Gujarat. After the fall of Anahilwada (present-day Patan), Aibak advanced towards Rander and Surat. Around 1225 A.D. the Arabs ...