THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD diate result that he appealed to the Emperor Akbar of Delhi for help. Akbar was not slow to seize the oppor- tunity he had been awaiting to add Gujarat to his dominions, and early in A.D. 1572 he marched Southwards with a large army. After some fighting he captured Muzafar Shah and Ahmadabad, and established Moghal rule throughout the province, appointing Viceroys to administer it. Saurashtra remained for a time separate from Gujarat, but finally it passed after some fighting under the Emperor's rule, to remain so until Ahmadabad was captured by the Marathas in A.D, 1753, and the Moghal power in Western India declined and finally disappeared. 104