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{{Infobox monarch|succession=Sultan of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]]|burial_place=[[Bahmani tombs]]|name=Mohammed Shah I|predecessor=[[Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah]]|successor=Mujahid Shah|reign=1358–1375}}<br />
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'''Mohammed Shah I''' (reigned 1358&ndash;1375) was the second ruler of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]], a late medieval kingdom of [[India]]. He succeeded his father [[Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah]].<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=106-108}}</ref> His reign was marked by a series of wars between his kingdom and two neighboring kingdoms, the [[Vijayanagara]] and the [[Warangal]] under [[Musunuri Kaapaaneedu|Kapaya Nayaka]]. He was succeeded by his son Alauddin Mujahid Shah.<ref name="maj">{{cite book|last=Majumdar|first=R.C. (ed.)|title=The Delhi Sultanate|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|location=Mumbai|year=2006|edition=5th|series=The History and Culture of the Indian People|volume=VI|pages=251–3}}</ref><ref name="bh">Bhattacharya, Sachchidananda. ''A Dictionary of Indian History'' (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977) p.653</ref><br />
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==Reign==<br />
Like his father [[Alauddin Bahman Shah]], Mohammed was involved in wars with [[Vijayanagara]]. However he also became embroiled in wars with [[Warangal]]. Mohammed died in 1375 from drinking too much.<ref name=bh/><br />
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== Mass Genocide and Atrocities ==<br />
[[Firishta]] a Persian historian notes in his book that Mohammed Shah I inflicted such a devastating blow on the Zamindars ([[Vokkaliga|Gowdas]]) of [[Karnataka|Carnatic]], that he massacred 500,000 people from the land and looted wealth accumulated of 500 years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=Jonathan|title=The history of Bengal|url=https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12959|publisher=Shrewsbury|year=1794|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12959/page/n190 56]}}</ref><br />
<br />[[File:004mhd1-2.JPG|thumb|left|A copper coin of Mohammed Shah 1]]<br />
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