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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Former Muslim state in Southern India}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Redirect|Bahmani|places in Iran|Bahmani, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Bahmani, Iran}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox Former Country&lt;br /&gt;
|native_name = &lt;br /&gt;
|conventional_long_name = Bahmani Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|common_name = Bahmani Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|era         = Late Medieval&lt;br /&gt;
|status      = &lt;br /&gt;
|event_start = &lt;br /&gt;
|year_start  = 1347&lt;br /&gt;
|date_start  = 3 August&lt;br /&gt;
|event1      = &lt;br /&gt;
|date_event1 = &lt;br /&gt;
|event_end   = &lt;br /&gt;
|year_end    = 1527&lt;br /&gt;
|date_end    = &lt;br /&gt;
|p1          = Delhi Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|flag_p1     = &lt;br /&gt;
|p2          = Musunuri Nayaks&lt;br /&gt;
|flag_p2     =&lt;br /&gt;
|s1          = Vijayanagara Empire&lt;br /&gt;
|flag_s1     = &lt;br /&gt;
|s2 = Bijapur Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|s3 =Golconda Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|s4= Ahmadnagar Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|s5=  Bidar Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|s6 = Berar Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
|image_flag  = &lt;br /&gt;
|flag_type   = &lt;br /&gt;
|image_coat  = &lt;br /&gt;
|image_map   = Bahamani-sultanate-map.svg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_map_caption = Bahmani Sultanate, 1470 CE.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.3 (k)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=185}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|capital           = {{plainlist|&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gulbarga]] &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1347–1425)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bidar]] &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1425–1527)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
|common_languages  = {{plainlist|&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Persian Language|Persian]] (official),{{sfn|Ansari|1988|pp=494–499}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Deccani Urdu]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
|religion          = [[Sunni Islam]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Leonard, Karen. &amp;quot;Hindu temples in Hyderabad: state patronage and politics in South Asia.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;South Asian History and Culture&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 2, no. 3 (2011): 352-373. &amp;quot;Hyderabad&amp;#039;s cultural history stems from the Bahmani sultanate from the mid-fourteenth century and several of that sultanate&amp;#039;s five successors...&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Leonard, Karen. &amp;quot;Reassessing indirect rule in hyderabad: Rule, ruler, or sons-in-law of the state?.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Modern Asian Studies&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 37, no. 2 (2003): 363-379. &amp;quot;he Hindu Kakatiya rulers were followed by Irani  Bahmani rulers in the fourteenth century...&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Farooqui Salma Ahmed |title= A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: From Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sxhAtCflwOMC&amp;amp;q=shia%20bahmani&amp;amp;pg=PA163 |publisher= Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd |date= 2011 |isbn= 9788131732021 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title= Medieval Deccan History: Mediaeval Deccan History: Commemoration Volume in Honour of Purshottam Mahadeo Joshi |page= 40 |isbn= 9788171545797 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&amp;amp;q=shia+denomination+bahmani |last1= Rā Kulakarṇī |first1= A. |last2= Nayeem |first2= M. A. |last3= De Souza |first3= Teotonio R. |year= 1996 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|currency          = [[Ancient taka|Taka]]&lt;br /&gt;
|government_type   = Monarchy&lt;br /&gt;
|leader1           = [[Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah]]&lt;br /&gt;
|year_leader1      = 1347–1358&lt;br /&gt;
|leader2           = Kalim-Allah Shah&lt;br /&gt;
|year_leader2      = 1525–1527&lt;br /&gt;
|title_leader      = [[Sultan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| today = [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Karnataka History}}&lt;br /&gt;
The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bahmani Sultanate&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (also called the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bahmanid Empire&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bahmani Kingdom&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) was a [[Persianate]]{{sfn|Meri|2005|p=108}}{{sfn|Ansari|1988|pp=494–499}} Muslim empire of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] in [[South India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
 |url=http://orbat.com/site/cimh/kings_master/kings/ibrahimII_adil_shahi/5_provinces.html&lt;br /&gt;
 |title=The Five Kingdoms of the Bahmani Sultanate&lt;br /&gt;
 |publisher=orbat.com&lt;br /&gt;
 |access-date=2007-01-05&lt;br /&gt;
 |url-status=dead&lt;br /&gt;
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223071144/http://orbat.com/site/cimh/kings_master/kings/ibrahimII_adil_shahi/5_provinces.html&lt;br /&gt;
 |archive-date=23 February 2007&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ansari&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.iranica.com/newsite/home/index.isc Ansari, N.H. &amp;quot;Bahmanid Dynasty&amp;quot;] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019004703/http://www.iranica.com/newsite/home/index.isc |date=19 October 2006 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Encyclopaedia Iranica&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and was known for its perpetual wars with its Hindu rivals of Vijayanagara, which would outlast the Sultanate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIzreCGlHxIC&amp;amp;q=bahmani+vijayanagar+war&amp;amp;pg=PT597 |title= Dictionary of Wars |author= George C. Kohn |year= 2006 |publisher= Infobase Publishing |isbn= 9781438129167 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Kingdom later split into five successor states that were collectively known as the [[Deccan sultanates]], that would eventually sack the [[Vijayanagar]] capital after the [[Battle of Talikota]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Further|History of the Bahmani Sultanate}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Complete view of Mahumad Gawan.JPG|thumb|left|[[Mahmud Gawan Madrasa]] was built by [[Mahmud Gawan]], the [[Vizier|Wazir]] of the Bahmani Sultanate as the centre of religious as well as secular education.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=91-98}}]]&lt;br /&gt;
According to an unverified [[founding myth]], Zafar Khan the founder, had earlier been a servant or slave of a [[Brahmin]] ruler named [[Gangu (ruler)|Gangu]] (hence the name Hasan Gangu)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Bhattacharya, Sachchidananada 1972 p. 100&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bhattacharya, Sachchidananada. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Dictionary of Indian History&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1972) p. 100&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;https://books.google.se/books?id&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Cathal J. Nolan|title=The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global ..., Volym 1|url=https://archive.org/details/agewarsreligione00nola|url-access=limited|date=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/agewarsreligione00nola/page/n523 437]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Discovery of India, J.L.Nehru&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Before the establishment of his kingdom, he was Governor of deccan and a commander on behalf of Tughlaq&amp;#039;s. On 3 August 1347 Nazir Uddin Ismail Shah who had revolted against the Delhi Sultanate stepped down on that day in favour of Bahman Shah, a native of Delhi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title= Anecdotes from Islam |author= Ibrahim Khan |publisher= M. Ashraf |year= 1960 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jaQGAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=native+of+delhi }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His revolt was successful, and he established an independent state on the Deccan within the Delhi Sultanate&amp;#039;s southern provinces with its headquarters at [[Gulbarga|Hasanabad]]([[Gulbarga]]) and all his coins were minted at Hasanabad.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mahajan, V.D. (1991). &amp;#039;&amp;#039;History of Medieval India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Part I, New Delhi:S. Chand, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, pp.279–80&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sen2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{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, 117}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  With the support of the influential Chishti sufi sheikhs, he crowned himself &amp;quot;Alauddin Bahman Shah Sultan – Founder of the Bahmani Dynasty&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url= https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Islamic_Civilization_in_South_Asia/hGHpVtQ8eKoC?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;pg=PA88&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;amp;bsq=chishti%20sufi%20sheikhs |title= Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent |author= Burjor Avari |page= 88 |publisher= Routledge }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Alauddin was succeeded by his son [[Mohammed Shah I]]. [[Bidar]] was made capital of the sultanate in 1429.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=23}}The eldest sons of Humayun Shah, [[Nizam-Ud-Din Ahmad III]] and [[Muhammad Shah III Lashkari]] ascended the throne successively, while they were young boys. The vizier [[Mahmud Gawan]] ruled as regent during this period, until Muhammad Shah reached of age. Mahmud Gawan is known for setting up the [[Mahmud Gawan Madrasa]], a center of religious as well as secular education.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=91-98}} Gawan was considered a great statesman, and a poet of repute. Mahmud Gawan was caught in a struggle between the ruling indigenous Muslim elite of the Bahmanids, called the Deccanis, and the foreign newcomers from the west such as Gawan.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url= https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Islamic_Civilization_in_South_Asia/hGHpVtQ8eKoC?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=deccanis%20gawan&amp;amp;pg=PA89&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |title= Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent |author= Burjor Avari |page= 89 |publisher= Routledge }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was executed by Muhammad Shah III, an act that the latter regretted until his death in 1482.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=10}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Later rulers and Decline===&lt;br /&gt;
Muhammad Shah II was succeeded by his son [[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II]], the last Bahmani ruler to have real power.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=10-11}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The last Bahmani Sultans were puppet monarchs under their [[Barid Shahi dynasty|Barid Shahi]] Prime Ministers, who were de facto rulers. After 1518 the sultanate broke up into five states: [[Nizamshahi]] of [[Ahmednagar]], [[Qutb Shahi]] of [[Golconda]] (Hyderabad), [[Barid Shahi dynasty|Barid Shahi]] of [[Bidar]], [[Imad Shahi dynasty|Imad Shahi]] of [[Berar Sultanate|Berar]], [[Adil Shahi]] of [[Bijapur]]. They are collectively known as the &amp;quot;[[Deccan Sultanates]]&amp;quot;.{{sfn|Haig, 1925|pp=425-426}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The south Indian Emperor [[Krishnadevaraya]] of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] defeated the last remnant of Bahmani Sultanate power after which the Bahmani Sultanate collapsed.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Eaton&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives|first=Richard M.|last=Eaton|page=88}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Historiography ==&lt;br /&gt;
Modern scholars{{who|date=June 2019}} have based their accounts of the Bahmani dynasty mainly upon the medieval chronicles of [[Firishta]], Syed Ali Tabatabai, etc. Other contemporary works were Sivatatva Chintamani and Guru Charitra. [[Athanasius Nikitin]] traveled this kingdom. He contrasts the huge &amp;quot;wealth of the nobility with the wretchedness of the peasantry and the frugality of the Hindus&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=P. M. Kemp |title=Bharat-Rus: An Introduction to Indo-Russian Contracts and Travels from Mediaeval Times to the October Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EDRAAAAMAAJ |year=1958 |publisher=ISCUS |page=20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Culture ==&lt;br /&gt;
Rulers of the dynasty believed that they descended from [[Kai Bahman|Bahman]], the mythological figure of [[Greater Iran]]ian legend and lore. The Bahamani Sultans were patrons of the [[Persian language]], [[Culture of Iran|culture]] and [[Persian literature|literature]], and some members of the dynasty became well-versed in that language and composed its literature in that language.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ansari&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bahamani Tombs in Bidar district.jpg|thumb|Bahamani Tombs in Bidar district|200px|right]] &lt;br /&gt;
The first sultan, [[Alauddin Bahman Shah]] is noted to have captured 1,000 singing and dancing girls from Hindu temples after he battled the northern [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]] chieftains. The later Bahmanis also enslaved civilian women and children in wars; many of them were converted to Islam in captivity.{{sfn|Haig, 1925|pp=391, 397-398}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sewell, Robert. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; pp.57-58.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The craftspersons of Bidar were so famed for their inlay work on copper and silver that it came to be known as [[Bidriware|Bidri]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TOI&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| title=Proving their mettle in metal craft| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/hyderabad/30580986_1_bidriware-hyderabad-bidar| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508043800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/hyderabad/30580986_1_bidriware-hyderabad-bidar| url-status=dead| archive-date=8 May 2013| date=2 January 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]| access-date=2 January 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Architecture ===&lt;br /&gt;
The Persianate Indo-Islamic style of architecture developed during this period was later adopted by the Deccan Sultanates as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Gulbarga Fort]] and [[Jama Mosque Gulbarga|Jama Masjid]] in Gulbarga, [[Bidar Fort]] and [[Mahmud Gawan Madrasa|Madrasa Mahmud Gawan]]{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=91-98}} in Bidar, are the major architectural contributions.&lt;br /&gt;
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The rulers are buried in an elaborate tomb complex, known as the [[Bahmani Tombs]].{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=114-142}} The exterior of one of the tombs is decorated with coloured tiles. Persian poetry and Quranic verses are inscribed inside the tombs.{{sfn|Yazdani, 1947|pp=114-142}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Bahmani rulers made some beautiful tombs and mosques in Bidar and Gulbarga. They also built many forts at Daulatabad, Golconda and Raichur. The architecture was highly influenced by Persian architecture. They invited architects from Persia, Turkey and Arabia. Some of the magnificent structures built by the Bahmanis were the Jami Masjid at Gulbarga, Chandand Minar and the Mahmud Gawan Madrasa at Bidar. The Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur is a beautiful specimen of Bahmani architecture. It is the tomb or mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah II who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur. The dome of Gol Gumbaz is circular in shape and is supported by the eight intersecting arcs. The acoustics here are so good that even a whisper echoes&lt;br /&gt;
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== List of Bahmani Shahs ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#F0DC82&amp;quot; | Titular Name&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#F0DC82&amp;quot; | Personal Name&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#F0DC82&amp;quot; | Reign&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=4 align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Independence from [[Sultan of Delhi]], [[Muhammad bin Tughlaq]].&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین حسن بہمن شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah]] I&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| حسن گنگو}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|3 August 1347 – 11 February 1358&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Mohammed Shah I|Mohammad Shah I]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| محمد شاہ بہمنی }} &amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|11 February 1358 – 21 April 1375&lt;br /&gt;
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|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ala-ud-Din Mujahid Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین مجاہد شاہ }}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Mujahid Shah&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|21 April 1375 – 16 April 1378&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Dawood Shah&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| داود شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|16 April 1378 – 22 May 1378&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Mohammad Shah II&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| محمود شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 21 May 1378 – 20 April 1397&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Ghiyath-ad-din Shah &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|عیاث الدین شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|20 April 1397 – 14 June 1397&lt;br /&gt;
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|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| Shams-ad-din Shah&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| شمس الدین شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Puppet King Under Lachin Khan Turk&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 14 June 1397 – 15 November 1397&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Taj-ud-Din Feroze Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| تاج الدین فیروز شاہ }}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah|Feroze Shah]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| فیروز خان}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 24 November 1397 – 1 October 1422&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Ahmad Shah I Wali|Ahmed Shah Wali Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| احمد شاہ ولی بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 1 October 1422 – 17 April 1436&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ala-ud-Din Ahmed Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین احمد شاہ }}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Ala-ud-Din Ahmed Shah Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین احمد شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 17 April 1436 – 6 May 1458&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ala-ud-Din Humayun Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین ھمایوں شاہ }}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Humayun Shah Zalim Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| ھمایوں شاہ ظالم بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 7 May 1458 – 4 September 1461&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Nizam Shah Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| نظام شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 4 September 1461 – 30 July 1463&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Muhammad Shah Lashkari&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| محمد شاہ لشکری}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|[[Muhammad Shah III Lashkari|Muhammad Shah Bahmani III]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|  محمد شاہ بہمنی دوئم }} &amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 30 July 1463 – 26 March 1482&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vira Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| ویرا شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| محمود شاہ بہمنی دوئم}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 26 March 1482 – 27 December 1518&lt;br /&gt;
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|- bgcolor=&amp;quot;#F5DEB3&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Ahmed Shah Bahmani II]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| احمد شاہ بہمنی دوئم}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Puppet King Under [[Amir Barid I]]&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 27 December 1518 – 15 December 1520&lt;br /&gt;
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|- bgcolor=&amp;quot;#F5DEB3&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ala-ud-Din Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین شاہ }}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Ala-ud-Din Shah Bahmani II]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| علاء الدین شاہ بہمنی دوئم}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Puppet King Under [[Amir Barid I]]&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 28 December 1520 – 5 March 1523&lt;br /&gt;
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|- bgcolor=&amp;quot;#F5DEB3&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Waliullah Shah Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| ولی اللہ شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Puppet King Under [[Amir Barid I]]&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 5 March 1522 – 1526&lt;br /&gt;
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|- bgcolor=&amp;quot;#F5DEB3&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shah&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq|شاہ}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| [[Kaleemullah Shah Bahmani]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;{{Nastaliq| کلیم اللہ شاہ بہمنی}}&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Puppet King Under [[Amir Barid I]]&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;| 1525–1527&lt;br /&gt;
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|colspan=4 align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|  Dissolution of the Sultanate into 5 Kingdoms namely; [[Bidar Sultanate]]; [[Ahmednagar Sultanate]]; [[Bijapur Sultanate]]; [[Golconda Sultanate]] and [[Berar Sultanate]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Great Mosque in Gulbarga Fort.jpg|thumb|left|Great Mosque in Gulbarga Fort]]&lt;br /&gt;
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File:Farman Of Feroz Shah Bahmani - 14 -05 -1406 A.D.jpg|[[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah]] of the Bahmani Sultanate&amp;#039;s [[Firman]].&lt;br /&gt;
File:Ahmed Shah Al Wali Bahamani.jpg|[[Ahmad Shah I Wali]].&lt;br /&gt;
File:Tomb of Sultan Ahmed Shah Al Wali.jpg|Tomb of [[Ahmad Shah I Wali]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Military of Vijayanagara]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sources ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{citation |last=Avari |first=Burjor |author-link=Burjor Avari |title=Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-415-58061-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGHpVtQ8eKoC}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Citation |last1=Kulke |first1=Hermann |last2=Rothermund |first2=Dietmar |year=2004 |title=A History of India |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415329194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C |edition=Fourth}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279710/page/n1|title=Bidar, Its History and Monuments|last=Yazdani|first=Ghulam|year=1947|author-link=Ghulam Yazdani|ref={{sfnref|Yazdani, 1947}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46989/page/n1 |title=The Cambridge History of India (Volume III) |last=Haig |first=Sir Thomas Wolseley |author-link=Wolseley Haig |year=1925 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|ref={{sfnref|Haig, 1925}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite book | last = Meri | first  = Josef W. | title = Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia | isbn = 9781135455965 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CHzGvqRbV_IC&amp;amp;q=false | year = 2005 | publisher = Routledge | pages = 1–1088 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite encyclopedia | title = Bahmanid dynasty | last = Ansari | first = N. H. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahmanid-dynasty-a-dynasty-founded-in-748-1347-in-the-deccan-sanskrit-daksia-lit | encyclopedia  = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5 | pages = 494–499 | year = 1988}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Wikiquote}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{EI3|last=Overton|first=Keelan|title=Bahmanī dynasty|year=2016|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/bahmani-dynasty-COM_25147}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html#in0015 Library of Congress – A Country Study: India]&lt;br /&gt;
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