Bahmani and Vijayanagara Kingdoms in Indian History:
- 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 395 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).
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