List of Bahmani Sultans

The Bahmani Sultanate (c. 1347–1527) was a Muslim empire that ruled the Deccan Plateau in Southern India.^[1]

The kingdom came to power in 1347, when it was established by Zafar Khan. The Bahmani Sultanate shared border with neighboring rival Vijayanagara Empire.^[2] The Sultanate would begin its decline under the reign of Mahmood Shah. In 1518, the Bahmani Sultanate split up into the Deccan sultanates, ending its 180-year rule over the Deccan.^[3]^[4]

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Bahmani dynasty

Ala ud-Din
Bahman
Shah I
⁽¹⁾
r. 1347-1358

Muhammad
Shah I
⁽²⁾
r. 1358-1375

Mahmud

Dawud

Mujahid
Shah
⁽³⁾
r. 1375-1378

Dawud Shah
⁽⁴⁾
r. 1378

Muhammad
Shah II
⁽⁵⁾
r. 1378-1397

Taj ud-Din
Firuz Shah
⁽⁸⁾
r. 1397-1422

Ahmad
Shah I
Wali
⁽⁹⁾
r. 1422-1436

Ghiyath
ud-Din
Shah
⁽⁶⁾
r. 1397

Shams
ud-Din
Shah
⁽⁷⁾
r. 1397

Mubarak

Ala ud-Din
Ahmad
Shah II
⁽¹⁰⁾
r. 1436-1458

Nargis
Begum

Humayun
Shah Zalim
⁽¹¹⁾
r. 1458-1461

Nizam ud-Din
Ahmad
Shah III
⁽¹²⁾
r. 1461-1463

Muhammad
Shah III
Lashkari
⁽¹³⁾
r. 1463-1482

Mahmud Shah
⁽¹⁴⁾
r. 1482-1518

Ahmed
Shah IV
⁽¹⁵⁾
r. 1518-1520

Waliullah
Shah
⁽¹⁷⁾
r. 1523-1526

Kalimullah
Shah
⁽¹⁸⁾
r. 1526-1527

Ala ud-Din
Shah II
⁽¹⁶⁾
r. 1520-1523

List of Bahmani Shahs

Titular Name	Personal Name	Reign
Independence from Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
Shah Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah	Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah I	3 August 1347 – 11 February 1358
Shah	Mohammad Shah I	11 February 1358 – 21 April 1375
Shah Ala-ud-Din Mujahid Shah	Mujahid Shah	21 April 1375 – 16 April 1378
Shah	Daud Shah Bahmani	16 April 1378 – 21 May 1378
Shah	Mohammad Shah II	21 May 1378 – 20 April 1397
Shah	Ghiyath-ad-din Shah	20 April 1397 – 14 June 1397
Shah	Shams-ud-Din Shah Puppet King Under Lachin Khan Turk	14 June 1397 – 15 November 1397
Shah Taj-ud-Din Feroze Shah	Feroze Shah	24 November 1397 – 1 October 1422
Shah	Ahmed Shah Wali Bahmani	1 October 1422 – 17 April 1436
Shah Ala-ud-Din Ahmed Shah	Ala-ud-Din II Ahmed Shah Bahmani	17 April 1436 – 6 May 1458
Shah Ala-ud-Din Humayun Shah	Humayun Shah Zalim Bahmani	7 May 1458 – 4 September 1461
Shah	Nizam Shah Bahmani	4 September 1461 – 30 July 1463
Shah Muhammad Shah Lashkari	Muhammad Shah Bahmani III	30 July 1463 – 26 March 1482
Vira Shah	Mahmood Shah Bahmani II Puppet King Under Nizam-ul-Mulk Bahri	26 March 1482 – 27 December 1518
Shah	Ahmed Shah Bahmani II Puppet King Under Amir Barid I	27 December 1518 – 15 December 1520
Shah	Ala-ud-Din Shah Bahmani II Puppet King Under Amir Barid I	28 December 1520 – 5 March 1522
Shah	Waliullah Shah Bahmani Puppet King Under Amir Barid I	5 March 1522 – 1526
Shah	Kaleemullah Shah Bahmani Puppet King Under Amir Barid I	1525–1527
Dissolution of the Sultanate into five Kingdoms namely; Bidar Sultanate; Ahmednagar Sultanate; Bijapur Sultanate; Golconda Sultanate and Berar Sultanate.

References

^ Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar (2004). A History of India. Psychology Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780415329200. The Bahmani sultanate of the Deccan Soon after Muhammad Tughluq left Daulatabad, the city was conquered by Zafar Khan, a Turkish or Afghan officer of unknown descent, had earlier participated in a mutiny of troops in Gujarat.
^ George C. Kohn (2006). Dictionary of Wars. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129167.
^ Haig, Sir Thomas Wolseley (1925). The Cambridge History of India (Volume III). Cambridge University Press. pp. 425–426.
^ J.D.E. Gribble (1990). M. Pendlebury (ed.). History of the Deccan. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 15.

[1] Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar (2004). A History of India. Psychology Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780415329200. The Bahmani sultanate of the Deccan Soon after Muhammad Tughluq left Daulatabad, the city was conquered by Zafar Khan, a Turkish or Afghan officer of unknown descent, had earlier participated in a mutiny of troops in Gujarat.

[2] George C. Kohn (2006). Dictionary of Wars. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129167.

[3] Haig, Sir Thomas Wolseley (1925). The Cambridge History of India (Volume III). Cambridge University Press. pp. 425–426.

[4] J.D.E. Gribble (1990). M. Pendlebury (ed.). History of the Deccan. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 15.

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List of Bahmani Shahs

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