Akbar remained illiterate and uneducated all his life. He had to occupy the throne at the early age of 13 years after the untimely death of his father Humayun.
After the death of Gujarat Sultan Qutb-ud-dín Ahmad Shah II, the nobles raised his uncle Daud, son of Ahmad Shah I to the throne. He reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate from few days in 1458 CE.