File talk:Deccan sultanates 1490 - 1687 ad.GIF
Appearance
Size of Bijapur questioned?
[edit]The Bijapur Sultanate was fairly large in its size, it was considered the most powerful of the Deccan Sultanates. Its eventual conquest in the year 1686 was a massive and costly challenge to the Mughals under Aurangzeb, this map (Deccan sultanates 1490 - 1687 ad.GIF) seriously and unfairly reduces the actual size of the Adil Shahi dynasty territories.