Mughal Empire | Malabar |
In the 14th century the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate and the smaller Sultanate of Khandesh ruled much of the northern Deccan, while the southern part
was controlled by the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire. The Bahmani Sultanate disintegrated in the late 15th century, breaking up into the Sultanates of Ahmadnagar, Berar, Bidar, Bijapur (the Adil Shahi Dynasty) and Golconda (the Qutb Shahi Dynasty). In 1510 the Portuguese conquered Goa from Bijapur. In the late 16th century, Berar was absorbed by Ahmadnagar. In 1601 Khandesh was absorbed by the Mughal Empire. By 1619 Vijayanagara had lost much territory to Golconda and Bijapur; Bidar was absorbed by Bijapur. Ahmadnagar was absorbed by the Mughal Empire in 1636. In 1646, Vijayanagara disintegrated; it was succeeded by the Sultanate of Mysore and the Nayakdoms of Tanjore and Madurai. The military campaigns of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb into southern India failed to establish lasting Mughal rule, but succeeded in terminating the Sultanates of Bijapur (1686) and Golconda (1687). |
English, by place Deccan Khandesh Sultanate Bahmani Sultanate, Gulbarga Sultanate of Ahmadnagar Sultanate of Berar Sultanate of Bidar Sultanate of Bijapur Sultanate of Golkonda |
Spelling Variety Dakhan, Dakan Khan Desh Bahamani Ahmednagar Golconda |
English, by Dynasty Faruqi Dynasty Nizam Shahi Dynasty Imad Shahi Dynasty Adil Shahi Dynasty Qutb Shahi Dynasty |
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Article : Deccan Sultanates, from Wikipedia Medieval Kingdoms of Deccan, from IndiaNetZone |
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Digital South Asia Library : Imperial Gazetteer of India 1909-1931 Maharashtra State Gazetteers Department, Reprint of Old Gazetteers, Gazetteers of Bombay Presidency |
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Article : Deccan Sultanates, from Wikipedia Medieval Kingdoms of Deccan, from IndiaNetZone |
Historical |
G.P. Maffei, Le istorie dell' Indie Orientali,
edition of 1589,
edition of 1749, in Italian, GB; numerous Calecutr references Firishta (1560-1620), History of the rise of the Mahomedan power in India, till the year A.D. 1612 vol.1 1829, GB, vol.2 1829, GB, vol.3 1829, GB History of Dekkan from the first Mahummedan conquests: with continuation 1794, GB W.W. Loch, Dakhan History, Musulman and Maratha, 1300-1818, Part 1 1877, Part 2 1875, in Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency, vol.1 Part 2, n.d. J.D.B. Gribble, A History of the Deccan 1896, IA |
Specific Periods |
Ram Chandra Rao Punganuri, Memoirs of Hyder and Tippoo: rulers of Seringapatam,
written in the Mahratta language, trsl. by C.P. Brown, 1849, GB |
Military | Wars |
R. Rikhye,
The Wars & Campaigns of Ibrahim Adil Shahi II of Bijapur 1576-1626 2005 R. Rikhye, Wars & Campaigns of Krishnadevaraya, Emperor of Vijaynagar, 1509-1529 2005 R. Rikhye, The Wars and Campaigns of Chattrapati Shivaji 1657-1680 2006 Article : Portuguese Conquest of Goa (1510), from Wikipedia Article : Maratha War of Independence (1681-1707), from Wikipedia Voice of India, The 27 Year War, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, 2011, Part 6 2010, Part 7 |
Battles |
Article : Battle of Raichur 1520, from Wikipedia Article : Battle of Talikota 1565, from Wikipedia |
Fortresses |
Articles : Bijapur Fort,
Purandar Fort, from Wikipedia Military Architecture : Fortifications in Asia : Golkonda Fort Maharashtra Tourism, Ahmadnagar Fort, Gavilgarh Fort, Murud-Janjira Fort, Kondana Sinhagarh Fort |
Economy & Finances |
Article : Wootz Steel, from Wikipedia S. Srinivasan and S. Ranganathan, Wootz Steel : An Advanced Material from the Ancient World All about Gemstones : India's Diamonds of Golconda |
Social History |
Article : Deccan Famine of 1630-1632, from Wikipedia |
Ethnography | Kannada |
LIS India : Kannada History of India : Kannada Article : Kannadiga : Early Settlements, from Wikipedia |
Konkani |
Article : Konkani Language : Medieval Konkani, from Wikipedia K. Kamat, The Origins of the Konkani Language LIS India : Konkani; scroll down for history History of India : Konkani Article : Konkani People : Muslim Rule, from Wikipedia |
Marathi |
Article : Marathi Language : History, from Wikipedia LIS India : Marathi History of India : Marathi Article : Marathi People : History, from Wikipedia |
Telugu |
LIS India : Telugu History of India : Telugu Article : Telugu People : History, from Wikipedia |
other |
Article : Gurjar : Gujarat and Maharashtra, from Wikipedia |
Religion | General |
South Asian History : Adaptation and Compromise with Hindu and Jain Traditions in the Regional Sultanates Discover Golden India : Medieval India : Bhakti and Sufi Movements |
Hinduism |
Article : Persecution of Hindus : During Islamic Rule of the Indian Subcontinent, from Wikipedia S. Nayyar, Basavanna & Vir Shaivism Lingayat Movement 2001 Civil Service India : Virasaiva or Lingayat Saivism |
Jainism |
P.M. Joseph, History of Jainism in Andhra Pradesh Part 1,
Part 2 Article : Jainism in Karnataka, from Wikipedia N. Sridhar, History : Jainism in Karnataka Jainism in Karnataka, from Classical Kannada M. Sanglikar, History of Jainism in Maharashtra |
Islam |
Kokani History (i.e. Konkani Muslims), from i-Kokani Islam in Karnataka, from Classical Kannada Sufis in Karnataka, from Classical Karnataka V. Bolar, The Role of Islam in Karnataka, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies Vol.3 No.2 2011 Article : Andhra Muslims : History, from Wikipedia Ismaili Influence in Deccan, Shah Tahir Hussain Dakkani from ismaili.net (Sufi) Article : Sufi Saints of Aurangabad |
Sikhism |
Deccan Sikhs - 19th Century Peace Corps, from SikhNet |
Regional History | Modern States | Andhra Pradesh |
History : Middle Ages, from AP Online Article : History of Andhra Pradesh : Mughal Era, from Wikipedia |
Karnataka |
Article : Political History of Medieval Karnataka,
from Wikipedia |
Maharashtra |
Maharashtra before King Shivaji, from
India Divine |
Historical States | Bahmani Sultanate 1347-1527 |
Bahamani Sultanate of Deccan, from Indian History H.A. Siddiqui, History of Bahmanis of Deccan, a Gulbarga Saltanate of India, from Indian Coins Articles : Bahmani Sultanate (1347-1527), History of the Bahmani Sultanate, from Wikipedia History of the Bahamani Kingdom 1347-1538, from Classical Kannada M. Nimkar, History of India : Bahamani Kingdom S.K. Jadhav, Contribution of Iranian Afaquis to the Bahmani Kingdom, Indian Streams Research Journal I/IX 2011 |
Ahmadnagar Sultanate 1490-1636 |
Article : Ahmednagar Sultanate (1490-1636), from Wikipedia Nizamshahi Dynasty of Ahmadnagar, from IndiaNetZone Gazetteers of Bombay Presidency, Ahmednagar District Gazetteer (1884), The Nizamshahi of Ahmadnagar A. Vardhan, Short Essay on the Administrative System of Nizam Shahi Sultans |
Berar Sultanate 1490-1574 |
Article : Berar Sultanate (1490-1574), from Wikipedia |
Bidar Sultanate 1527-1619 |
Article : Bidar Sultanate (1527-1619), from Wikipedia Bidar, its History and Monuments 2005, IA |
Bijapur Sultanate 1527-1686 |
Article : Adil Shahi Dynasty (Bijapur, 1527-1686)), from Wikipedia Adilshahi Dynasty, from Classical Kannada Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur, from IndiaNetZone J. Kamat, History of Bijapur : The Adil Shahi Kingdom R. Rikhye, Shivaji and The Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur 2005 < |
Golkonda Sultanate 1518-1687 |
Article : Qutb Shahi Dynasty (Golkonda, 1518-1687), from Wikipedia Qutb Shahis, from Andhra Pradesh Online South Indian Inscriptions (vol.10) : Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golkonda, from What is India |
Khandesh 1388-1601 |
Articles : Khandesh : History,
Faruqi Dynasty, from Wikipedia Gazetteers of Bombay Presidency : Khandesh District Gazetteer (1880), Khandesh : History : Musalmans, 1295-1760 |
Predecessors | Sultanate of Delhi |
Reddy Dynasty 1325-1448 |
Article : Reddy Dynasty, from Wikipedia |
Vijayanagar 1336-1646 |
Article : Vijayanagara Empire, from Wikipedia |
Warangal 1082-1323 |
Article : Warangal, from Wikipedia Article : Kakatiya Dynasty, from Wikipedia |
Local History |
Article : History of Bangalore : Sultanate of Bijapur,
from Wikipedia Article : History of Hyderabad : The Qutb Shahis, from Wikipedia Article : History of Pune, from Wikipedia Article : History of Goa : Medieval Period, from Wikipedia Article : History of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
Culture |
Ialamic Art of the Deccan, from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History A. Vardhan, Short Essay on Adil Shahi Architecture Architecture Qutb Shahi Style, from Andhra Pradesh Online A. Vardhan, Short Essay on Qutb Shahi Architecture Huqqa base, last quarter of 17th century, Bidar, from Metropolitan Museum of Art M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, 1983, GB S. Vepachedu, Telugu Literature and Culture of Qutub Shahi Dynasty (Golconda) |
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List of Adil Shahi Emperors (Bijapur),
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Faruqi Dynasty (Khandesh),
Golkonda Sultans, from Wikipedia I. Mladjov, Rulers of Muslim India, 1206- |
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DSAL, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Atlas 1909,
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Golkunda Sultanate Khandesh Sultanate World Coin Catalog, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, Bijapur, Golconda, from Numismaticon Bahmani Sultans, Adil Shahs of Bijapur, Barid Shahs of Bidar, Nizam Shahs of Ahmadnagar, Qutb Shahs of Golkonda, from Oriental Coins Database |
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C. Collin Davies, An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula, Oxford : UP, 2nd edition, 1959 [G] Historical and Cultural Maps, National Atlas of India Vol.8, published by National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Calcutta 1983, edited by G.K . Dutt, S.K. Biswas [G] J.E. Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago : UP 1978 [G] |