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The Bahmani Sultanate (Also called the Bahmanid Empire or Bahmani Kingdom) was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms.[1] Bahmanid Sultanate was the first independent Islamic and Shi'ite Kingdom in South India.[2]
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History
The sultanate was founded on 3rd of August 1347 by governor Ala-ud-Din Hassan Bahman Shah, possibly of Tajik-Persian[3] descent, who revolted against the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq. Nazir uddin Ismail Shah who had revolted against the Delhi sultanate stepped down on that day in favour of
The Bahmani contested the control of the Deccan with the Hindu Vijayanagara empire to the south. The sultanate reached the peak of its power during the vizierate (1466–1481) of Mahmud Gawan. After 1518 the sultanate broke up into five states: Ahmednagar, Berar, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda, known collectively as the Deccan sultanates.
Culture
The Bahmani dynasty believed that they descended from Bahman, the legendary king of Iran. They were patrons of the Persian language, culture and literature. Some of the Bahmanid kings and princes took a personal interest in Persian, as well, and became well-versed in Persian language and literature.[2]
List of Bahmani Sultans
Aladdin Hassan Bahman Shah 1347 - 1358- Mohammed Shah I 1358 - 1375
- Aladdin Mujahid Shah 1375 - 1378
- Da'ud Shah 1378
- Mohammed Shah II 1378 - 1397
- Ghiyath ud-Din 1397
- Shams ud-Din 1397
- Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah 1397 - 1422
- Ahmad Shah I Wali 1422 - 1436
- Aladdin Ahmad Shah II 1436 - 1458
- Aladdin Humayun Zalim Shah 1458 - 1461
- Nizam Shah 1461 - 1463
- Mohammed Shah III Lashkari 1463 - 1482
- Mohammed Shah IV (Mahmud Vira Shah) 1482 - 1518
- Ahmad Vira Shah III 1518 - 1521
- Aladdin Shah 1521 - 1522
- Wali-Allah Shah 1522 - 1525
- Kalim-Allah Shah 1525 - 1527
See also
References
- ^ "The Five Kingdoms of the Bahmani Sultanate". orbat.com. http://orbat.com/site/cimh/kings_master/kings/ibrahimII_adil_shahi/5_provinces.html. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ a b Ansari, N.H. "Bahmanid Dynasty" Encylopaedia Iranica
- ^ Cavendish, Marshall. "World and Its Peoples", p.335. Published 2007, Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 0761476350
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