Bahmani and Vijayanagara Kingdoms ( PART I)

Bahmani  Kingdom

• The decline of the Sulthanate of Delhi gave birth to two mighty states in South India the Bahmani Kingdom of Gulbaraga and the Vijayanagara Empire.
• The Bahmanis were Muslim rulers, while the rulers of the Vijayanagar were Hindus.
• The Bahmani kingdom was founded by Zafar Khan (Hassan) who took the title of Alauddin Bahman Shah. He selected Gulbaraga as its capital and renamed it Ahsanabad.
• There were total eighteen Sulthans and they ruled from 1347 to 1527.
• Muhammed Gawan was the famous minister of Bahmini kingdom.
• The last prince of the Bahmani Kingdom was Kalimullah.
• By 1527, the Bahmani kingdom was split up into five independent principalities.
• The Adil Shahis of Bijapur -founder – Yusuf Adilshah (1489 - 90)
• The Nizam Shahis of Ahamadnagar - founder - Malik Ahmad (1499)
• The Imadshahis of Berar - founder -Fateh Ulla Imadshanti (1490)
• The Qutubshahi kingdom of Golconda – founder - Qutabshah (1512)
• The Baridshahis of Bidar - founder - Amir Ali Barid (1527).
• Muhammad Adil Shah built Gol Gumbaz, a tomb with world's second largest Dome at Bijjapur
• Muhammad  shah built the city of Hyderabad (Bhagyanagar)
• Berar stayed out of the Battle of Talikotta