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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] The sultanate was founded on 3rd of August 1347 by the Turkish governor Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, 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. The Bahmanis were responsible for large scale massacres and slaughter of the south Indian Hindu population and destruction of temples, often overshadowing the atrocities conducted by Turks and Mughals in north India . After 1518 the sultanate broke up into five states: Ahmednagar, Berar, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda, known collectively as the Deccan sultanates.

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List of Bahmani Sultans

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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 Shah) 1482 - 1518

★ Ahmad Shah III 1518 - 1521

★ Aladdin Shah 1521 - 1522

★ Wali-Allah Shah 1522 - 1525

★ Kalim-Allah Shah 1525 - 1527

References

1. The Five Kingdoms of the Bahmani Sultanate

External links

★ Chronology of Deccan rulers

★ Hameed Akhtar Siddiqui, "History of Bahmanis of Deccan, a Gulbarga Saltanate of India"

★ Library of Congress - A Country Study: India