Adil Shahi

Adil Shahi was the name of 1490-1686 in the central Indian Sultanate of Bijapur ruling Shiite dynasty. Bijapur was one of the five Deccan sultanates - that emerged from the disintegrating Bahmani Sultanate from 1490. The founder of the house Adil Shahi Sultan of Bijapur and first, Yusuf Adil Shah, was descended possibly from the Ottoman Sultan Murad II.

The Adil Shahis were the most powerful of the five Islamic dynasties in the Deccan in the late 15th, 16th and 17th century. In alliance with three other sultanates in 1565 they defeated the South Indian Hindu empire of Vijayanagara in the Battle of Talikota. 1609 threw the Adil Shahi neighboring state Bidar. Its end came in 1686, when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the Adil Shahi sultanate incorporated his kingdom.

Under their rule, there was a flowering of Islamic culture in Bijapur, where today are some of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in India. The Adil Shahi also promoted literature in Dakkhini, one influenced by the languages ​​of the Deccan dialect of Urdu, and the miniature painting and classical music.

The influence of the Sufis as a reformer and writer grew up in Bijapur through the ages by the advance of Islam in the Deccan and was very large Adil Shahi dynasty under the.

List of Adil Shahi sultans

  • Yusuf Adil Shah (1490-1510)
  • Ismail Adil Shah (1510-1534)
  • Mallu Adil Shah ( 1534)
  • Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534-1558)
  • Ali Adil Shah I. (1558-1580)
  • Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580-1627)
  • Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-1656)
  • Ali Adil Shah II (1656-1672)
  • Sikandar Adil Shah (1672-1686)
Bidar Sultanate
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