Bahmani Sultanate

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Bahmani Sultanate
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1347 – 1527 →
Location of Bahmani Sultanate
Bahmani Sultanate, 1470 CE
Capital Ahsanabad (1347-1425)
Muhammadabad (1425-1527)
Religion Shia Islam, Hinduism
Government Monarchy
Sultan
 - 1347-1358 Aladdin Hassan Bahman Shah
 - 1525-1527 Kalim-Allah Shah
Historical era Late Medieval
 - Established 3 August, 1347
 - Disestablished 1527

The Bahmani Sultanate (Also called the Bahmanid Empire) 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 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 Zafar Khan who ascended the throne with the title of Alauddin Bahman Shah. His revolt was successful, and he established an independent state on the Deccan within the Delhi Sultanate's southern provinces. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad (Gulbarga) between 1347 and 1425 when it was moved to Muhammadabad (Bidar).

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

Bahmani dynasty believed that they decent from Bahman the legendary king of Iran. Considering their ties to Iran. They were great patrons of Persian culture and literature. The Bahmanid kings and princes also took a deep interest in Persian, some of them becoming well-versed in Persian language and literature.[2]


List of Bahmani Sultans

References

  1. ^ "The Five Kingdoms of the Bahmani Sultanate". orbat.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
  2. ^ a b Ansari, N.H. "Bahmanid Dynasty" Encylopaedia Iranica[1]
  3. ^ Cavendish, Marshall. "World and Its Peoples", p.335. Published 2007, Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 0761476350

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahmani_Sultanate"

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