Vijayanagar Bahmani Kingdom Adil Shahi Dynasty, Imad Shahi Dynasty, Barid Shahi Dynasty and Qutub Shahi Dynasty

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Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur

• Yusuf Adil Khan founded the dynasty in 1490;

• He was a Georgian slave;

Ismail Adil Khan (1510-1534)

• In 1504, he captured Gulbarga;

• He was a skilled musician;

Tsmail Adil Khan (1510-1534)

• He established Sunni faith as the state religion;

• During his reign Albequerque, the Portuguese Governor captured Goa;

• He was a great patron of Art;

• He married a Maratha lady Babuji Khannum;

• He was an expert painter;

Malu Adil Khan (1534-15351

Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1535-1557)

• He was the first to adopt the title of Shah;

• He replaced Persian by Hindavi Deccani Urdu;

• In 1555, he employed the Marathas for the first time;

• He defeated the Vijaya-nagar king; Rama Raya;

Ali Adil Shah I (1557-1580):-

• He re-established Shia faith; during his reign, the wall of Bijapur city was constructed;

• He built the Zami Masjid, Mecca Masjid and Gagan Mahal;

• He was called a Sufi;

• Secularism was resumed during his reign;

• He appointed Acharya Vaman Pandit;

Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580-1637)

• He was called 'Jagat Guru';

• He built Andha Mahal, Mihtar Mahal, Malika Jahan Masjid;

• During his reign Farista compiled 'Tarik-i-Farista';

• He wrote a book called 'Nauras Nama';

• He built his capital 'Nauraspur';

• "Hens gave grants to 'Pandharpur';

• During his reign Akka-Madina flourished;

• He built Gol Gumbaz, it was his Mausoleum (Makbara);

• He also built Asar Mahal;

• He was the greatest king of the dynasty;

Ali Adil Shah II (1656-1672)

• He was a patron of Urdu literature;

• During his reign a lot of Urdu Deccani Scholars flourished - Mia Nursali, Miahansi, Mirzan Marsiyan;

• Adil Shah wrote 2 books:

  1. Gulshan-i-Ishq;

  2. Ali Nama;

• Nursali composed 2 books

  1. Kasida and

  2. Diwan-i-Gazal;

• Mia Hansi wrote the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha and a book called Gazals;

Sikandar Adil Shah (1672-1686)

In September 1686, he surrendered to Aurangzeb;

Imad Shahi Dynasty of Berar

It was the shortest post-Bahmani dynasty;

Adil Shah Imad-Ul-Mulk (1490-1504)

He was originally a Hindu from Karnataka;

Allauddin Imad Shahi (1504-1562)

Darya Imad Shahi (1530-1562)

Burhan Imad Shah (1562-1572)

Murtaza II captured Berar in 1574;

Barid Shahi Dynasty of Bidar

Kasim Barid (1504):-

He was the P.M. in the Bahamani dynasty;

Amir Barid (1504-42)

He is known as the 'Fox of Deccan' and Rabah-i-Deccan;

Ali Barid Shah (1542-1579)

• He was the first to assume the title 'Shah';

• In 1564, he joined the confederacy of Muslim states along with Ahmadnagar, Golconda and Bijapur against Vijayanagar;

• He built the Tomb of Bidar;

• He built 'Rangin Mahal';

Ibrahim Barid Shah (1587-1591)

Kasim Barid Shah II (1587-1591)

Amir Barid Shah II (1591-1601)

Mirza Ali Barid Shah M (1601-1609)

• He was the last Sultan of Bidar;

• In 1619, Ibrahim Adil Shah II annexed Bidar into Bijapur;

Qutub Shahi Dynasty of Golconda

Ouli-Qutub-Ul-Mulk (1494-1543)

• He was the founder of the Qutub Shahi dynasty;

• He belongs to the Turkish family;

• He was born at Hamadan in Persia;

• He never assumed the title Shah;

• He built the Zami Masjid of Golconda and was a Shia, by faith;

• Jamshed Qutub Shah (1543-80)

Ibrahim Qutub Shah (1550-80)

• He was the ruler of the Qutubshahi dynasty

• He fortified Golcunda;

• He established Alms house and Langar;

• He built numerous colleges;

• He built a dam at Budawal;

• He built two tanks;

• Ibrahim Pattam;

• Hussain Sagar;

• He also built a strong bridge on the river Musi Warna.

• This bridge is called the 'Old Bridge';

• During his reign, Deccani Urdu flourished;

• Four famous Deccani Urdu poet lived during his reign:

  1. Mullah Khiyali;

  2. Mahmood;

  3. Firoze;

  4. Ahmad;

• A number of Telgu poets also flourished during his reign like Addanki, Gangadhar Kavi, Telangcharya, Rudrakavi;

• Gangadhar Kavi has written a famous book Malki Bahram;

• Jagdeva Rao Naikwani was the P.M.;

Md. Quli Qutub Shah (1580-1612)

• He constructed a new capital at Hyderabad;

• He built Char Minar;

• He built Chandan Mahal, Hira Mahal, and Nadi Mahal;

• He wrote the first Diwan poems of Deccani Urdu;

• He adopted secularism in epics;

• He distributed 60,000 hums;

Md. Qutub Shah (1612-1626)

• He formed a confederacy of Deccani states against Mughals;

• During his reign Tarik-i-Md. Qutub Shah was completed;

• His real name was Zill-i-Ullah i.e. Shadow of God;

Abdulla Oulab Shah (1626-1672)

• He ascended the throne at the age of 12;

• Mir Zumla was his Prime Minister.

• Mir Zumla plundered a lot of Hindu Temples;

• His original name was Md. Sayyed;

Abdul Hassan Qutub Shah (1672-1687)

• Akka-Madanna pair flourished during his reign;

• Madanna was the P.M. and adopted the title Surya Prakash Rao;

• Brother Akkana was the commander-in-Chief;

• Golcunda was captured by Aurangzeb in 1687;