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{{Short description|Early 16th century cannon, Bijapur Fort, India.}}
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|caption = A view of the Malik-E-Maidan Cannon, placed at [[Bijapur Fort]].
|location = [[Bijapur]], [[India]]
|designer = Muhammad Bin Husain Rumi
|type = [[Cannon]]

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[[File:View of the Malik-i-Maidan Gun in the Fort at Bijapur.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the Malik-i-Maidan gun position in 1865]]
The '''Malik-E-Maidan''' also '''Malik-i-Maidan''' (Master of the Field) or (Master of the Battlefield), is a large early 16th century [[cannon]], located at ''Burj-E-Sherz'' (Lion tower), [[Bijapur Fort]], [[Bijapur]], [[India]].

==History==
The cannon was casted in 1549 by Muhammad Bin Husain Rumi—a Turkish engineer serving to Sultan [[Burhan Nizam Shah I]] of [[Ahmednagar]], the Sultan presented the Cannon to his Son-in-Law Ali Shah.<ref name="Government of Karnataka">{{cite web|title=Vijayapura Place of interest|url=https://vijayapura.nic.in/en/places-of-interest/|work=[[Government of Karnataka]]|date=17 February 2021|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="British Library">{{cite web|title=View of the Malik-i-Maidan Gun in the Fort at Bijapur|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/other/019pho0000125s3u00050000.html|work=[[British Library]]|date=26 March 2009|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Eaton-Wagoner">{{cite journal|title=Warfare on the deccan plateau, 1450-1600 : A Military Revolution in early modern India?|last1=Wagoner|first1=Philip B|last2=Eaton|first2=Richard M|journal=Journal of World History|year=2014|volume=25|number=1|pages=5–50|doi=10.1353/jwh.2014.0004|s2cid=162260578}}</ref>
In 1565 AD the cannon was used in the [[Battle of Talikota]] by [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur Sultan]] [[Ali Adil Shah I]]-an ally of [[Deccan Sultanates]] who joined forces to strike a decisive blow against the [[Aliya Rama Raya]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. After the victory of Deccan Sultanates the cannon was named "The Malik-i-Maidan".<ref name="British Library"/><ref name="Eaton-Wagoner"/> The cannon, among world largest in its category, was attempted to be shifted to [[Great Britain]] by [[East India Company]] as a war trophy, but due to its huge size and un-conditioned transport infrastructure the cannon could not be transported.<ref name="Chapman&Hall">{{cite book|title=The Fortnightly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQgeAQAAIAAJ|publisher=[[Chapman & Hall]]|year=1880|volume=34|page=226|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>
In 1624 AD [[Malik Amber]], transported the Malik–i-Maidan with the help of trained war elephants from Daulatabad to [[Sholapur]] and used it in the [[Battle of Bhatvadi]] against [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s and Bijapur Sultanat.<ref name="Sadiq Ali">{{cite book|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC|first=Shanti|last=Sadiq Ali|publisher=[[Orient Blackswan]]|year=1996|pages=81 and 86|isbn=9788125004851|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

==Structure==
The Malik-e-Maidan made of [[bell metal]], measuring {{convert|4.2|m}} in length, {{convert|1.5|m}} in diameter, and weighing 55 tons, is the largest cannon in [[India]].{{cn|date=March 2021}}

==Inscriptions==

Three inscriptions can be found on the cannon, of which two were inscribed during [[Burhan Nizam Shah I]] of [[Ahmednagar]] as per the inscriptions. It was cast at Ahmadnagar from bell metal by Muhammad Bin Husain Rumi in 1549. The third inscription was added by [[Aurangzeb]] when he conquered Bijapur in 1685–86.<ref name="British Library"/>

==See also==
* [[Tsar Cannon]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{coord missing|India}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bijapur district]]
[[Category:Individual cannons]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bijapur district]]

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