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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Regent of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1491 to 1503}}<br />
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| name = Tuluva Narasa Nayaka<br />
| title = [[Prime Minister|Mahapradhana]]<br />Rashtrakarta<br/>[[Senapati|Senadhipati]]<br/>[[Swami]]<br/>Karyakarta<br />
| succession = [[Regent]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Viranarasimha Raya]]<br />
| reign = 1491&ndash;1503<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| death_date = 1503<br />
| death_place = [[Bijapur]], [[Bijapur Sultanate|Adil Shahi Sultanate]] (present-day Vijayapura, Karnataka, India)<br />
| spouse = Tippambika<br>Nagala Devi<br>Obamamba<br />
| issue = [[Viranarasimha Raya]] (from Tippambika)<br>[[Krishnadevaraya]] (from Nagala Devi)<br>[[Achyuta Deva Raya]] (from Obamamba)<br />
| father = [[Tuluva Isvara Nayaka]]<br />
| mother = Bukkamma<br />
| module = {{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| profession = Imperial Regent, Prime Minister, Commander-in-chief, Protector of the Realm to [[Narasimha Raya II]]<br />
| death_cause = [[Assassination]]<br />
| monarch = [[Narasimha Raya II]]<br />
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| embed = yes<br />
| allegiance = [[Vijayanagara Empire]]<br />
| service_years = 1463&ndash;1503<br />
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{{Vijayanagara empire}}'''Tuluva Narasa Nayaka''' was an Indian [[general]] and later an [[Regent|imperial regent]] who founded the [[Tuluva dynasty]] of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. He was the father of the emperors [[Viranarasimha Raya]], [[Krishnadevaraya]] and [[Achyuta Deva Raya]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, like his father [[Tuluva Ishvara Nayaka]], was a general of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. After the death of the Emperor [[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya|Saluva Narasimha I]] in 1491 CE, the crown prince [[Thimma Bhupala]] was assassinated by an army commander. The faithful Narasa Nayaka then crowned the other prince, [[Narasimha Raya II]], but retained all administrative powers in order to bring stability to the Empire. He was called the ''Rakshakarta'' ({{Lit|Protector of the realm}}) and ''Svami'' ({{Lit|Lord}}). He held the offices of the ''Senadhipati'' ({{Lit|Commander-in-chief}}), ''Mahapradhana'' ({{Lit|Prime Minister}}) and ''Karyakarta'' ({{Lit|Agent of the Emperor}}).<ref>Majumdar, R.C. (2006). ''The Delhi Sultanate'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.306</ref> He successfully kept the [[Turco-Persian]] [[Bahamani Sultanate]] and the [[Gajapatis]] away from the Empire and quelled many rebellions by unfaithful chieftains trying to exert their independence.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<br />
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=== Capture of Narasimha Raya II ===<br />
After the death of Emperor [[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya]] in 1491, Crown Prince [[Thimma Bhupala]] was assassinated by an army commander. The faithful Narasa Nayaka then crowned the other prince, Narasimha Raya II but retained all administrative powers in order to bring stability to the empire. [[Narasimha Raya II]] was a teenager when he became Emperor of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], and real power lay in the hands of his guardian, Tuluva Narasa Nayaka. In 1494, Narasa Captured Narasimha II in the fortress of [[Penukonda]]. Narasa Nayaka reigned over the Vijayanagara Empire in disguise of Narasimha Raya II.{{what|as? "Disguise" is definitely the wrong word though|date=October 2024}}<br />
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=== Victory over the south ===<br />
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==== Hoysala campaign ====<br />
In August 1463, when the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] was ruled by [[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya]], the region south of the [[Kaveri]] river slipped out of [[Vijayanagar Empire|Vijayanagara]] control while the Emperor was busy protecting interests closer to the capital. In 1496, General Narasa Nayaka marched south and brought under control rebellious chiefs like the governor of [[Trichi]] named Salas Rai and [[Tanjore]] named Vikram Shah. The whole area south of Kaveri to [[Cape Comorin]] was brought under control. The chiefs of [[Chola]], [[Chera]], [[Madurai]] area, Heuna or Hoysala chief of [[Srirangapatna]] and [[Gokarna, Karnataka|Gokarna]] on the west coast were brought under the Vijayanagara empire in one long successful campaign which ended in May 1497.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<br />
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==== Resistance to Gajapati Prataparudra Deva ====<br />
On 27 November 1496, the [[Gajapati Empire|Gajapati monarch]] [[Prataparudra Deva]] attacked the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] and advanced up to [[Pennar]] but Narasa Nayaka held out and achieved a stalemate.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} He was succeeded by his eldest son [[Viranarasimha Raya]] in 1503 .{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<br />
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===Conflict with the Bahmani Sultanate and death===<br />
Ongoing internal strife in the Vijayanagara Empire and tenuous central control gave independent sultans of the divided [[Bahmani Sultanate]] an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. [[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II|Mahmood Shah]], citing unspecified reasons, marched against Vijayanagara, breaking the existing peace. <br />
The sultanate army advanced to Hutgi, joined forces with contingents from other [[Turco-Persian tradition]] sultanates. It split into two groups, and one moved towards Vijayanagara through [[Gulbarga]], while Mahmood Shah led the other to besiege [[Raichur]] in the Krishna-Tungabhadra Doab region. No decisive battle took place, and a peace agreement was reached. Vijayanagara ceded [[Raichur]] and [[Mudgal]] to [[Yusuf Adil Shah]] of the [[Sultanate of Bijapur|Bijapur Sultanate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hosamani |first=Dr Ratnakar D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-KgEAAAQBAJ |title=Adil Shahis of Bijapur A Study on their contributions to Deccan Art and Heritage |date=2022-12-10 |publisher=Ashok Yakkaldevi |isbn=978-1-387-44247-8 |language=en}}</ref> Tuluva Narasa Nayaka understood the precarious situation and chose not to engage the combined armies of the Shahi kingdoms on two fronts simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sastri |first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ichAAAAMAAJ |title=History of India: Medieval India |date=1959 |publisher=S. Viswanathan |pages=127 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayeem |first=M. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0eA2AAAAMAAJ |title=External Relations of the Bijapur Kingdom, 1489-1686 A.D.: A Study in Diplomatic History |date=1974 |publisher=Sayeedia Research Institute |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kainikara |first=Dr Sanu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3LOEAAAQBAJ&q=battle+of+manavi |title=From Indus to Independence - A Trek Through Indian History: Vol VII Named for Victory : The Vijayanagar Empire |date=2020-08-01 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-89620-52-8 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Tuluva Narasa Nayaka was an astute ruler who wasted no time in strengthening the empire. As the Bahmani Sultanate began to splinter into smaller states, a Bahmani minister, [[Qasim Barid I]], approached Narasa with a proposal. He offered Narasa the forts of Mudgal and Raichur in exchange for his assistance in a war against Yusuf Adil Shah of Bijapur. Narasa Nayaka accepted the offer and sent his army to the region surrounding [[Raichur Doab]]. His forces were able to defeat Yusuf Adil Shah. However, in a treacherous turn of events, Yusuf Adil Shah plotted against Tuluva Narasa Nayaka and had him and his seventy high-ranking officers murdered. Despite this, Yusuf Adil Shah managed to reclaim the Doab area and Mudgal from the Vijayanagar Empire in 1502.<ref name="Hiliyana">{{Cite book |last=Hiliyana |first=Abhijeeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf51EAAAQBAJ |title=Krishna Deva Raya: The Boy Who Would Be King |date=2022-07-22 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-89253-96-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Majumdar 1960 304">{{Cite book |last=Majumdar |first=Ramesh Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVagAAAAMAAJ |title=The Delhi Sultanate |date=1960 |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |pages=304 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India - Wars, Rivalries, Conflict {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/India/Wars-and-rivalries |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise History of Karnataka, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002)<br />
* Prof K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002)<br />
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