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Ahmedabad was originally a small fortified city built in 1412 near the Sabarmati River in Gujarat, India. Ahmed Shah expanded the city and had the Jama Masjid mosque built. In 1487, Mahmud Begada further expanded the fortified walls to protect the city, which was planned around main roads branching from the center and contained 12 gates and over 6000 defenses. Nearby suburbs also developed as amirs and officials settled near but not too close to the royal capital.

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Ahmedabad was originally a small fortified city built in 1412 near the Sabarmati River in Gujarat, India. Ahmed Shah expanded the city and had the Jama Masjid mosque built. In 1487, Mahmud Begada further expanded the fortified walls to protect the city, which was planned around main roads branching from the center and contained 12 gates and over 6000 defenses. Nearby suburbs also developed as amirs and officials settled near but not too close to the royal capital.

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Ahmedabad was built in an open and spacious plain in the immediate vicinity of Ashaval to the east of Sabaramati. At that time the city comprised a small area now known as Bhadra Fort. In 1412 Ahmed Shah built the Jama masjid to which other structures were added from time to time. The city was enclosed by a fort wall protect the city from outside invaders. It was planned according to the ancient Indo- Aryan tradition of royal capital with main roads and thoroughfares passing through the centre with subsidiary roads branching off into different locations. containing 12 gates, 189 bastions to and over 6000 battlements in the year 1487 by Mahmud Begada

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The royal enclosure, the Jaimi masjid and the market between Manek chowk and tin Darwaza, forms the main axis of the royal capital Ahmadabad . After the settlement of Ahmadabad as sultanate capitol , now amirs also followed the same pattern and settled in the neighboring areas of main city centre , neither to far nor to close, these settlements were called

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