Though the seven islands that now make up the city have a long recorded history like any other place in India, their journey to form the city of Mumbai really started in 1498, when the Portuguese took them over from the Sultan of Gujarat.
In kasta oo toddobada jasiiradood ee hadda magaaladu ka kooban tahay ay leeyihiin taariikh taariikhi ah oo la duubay sida meel kasta oo kale oo Hindiya ka mid ah, safarkoodii ay ku dhisayeen magaalada Mumbai runti waxay bilaabeen 1498, markii Bortuqiisku kala wareegay Suldaankii Gujarat.