The Adil Shahi were a dynasty of The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. India has grown significantly, both in population and in strategic importance in the last two decades. The Indian economy is... Indian A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah. The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the rulers role was defined in the Quran. The sultan however was not a religious teacher himself. In the Byzantine Empire and... sultans, who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bijapur City is the capital of the district and is located 530 km northwest of Bangalore. History Gol Gumbaz The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th centuries by the Chalukyas... Bijapur from the 1490 to 1686. The Adil Shahis were originally provincial rulers of the The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India. The sultanate was founded in 1347 by the Turkish governor Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, who revolted against the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad ibn Tughluq. His revolt was successful, and he established an independent state on the... Bahmani Sultanate, but with the breakup of the Bahmani state after Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola (Nature 433, 32 (06 January 2005); doi:10.1038/433032a) Births Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian painter. Deaths Kabir, Indian mystic Categories: 1518 ... 1518, Ismail Adil Shah established an independent sultanate, one of the five The Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled kingdoms–-Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar, and Berar of south-central India. The Deccan sultanates were located on the Deccan plateau, between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. They became independent states after the breakup of the Bahmani Sultanate by 1538. Although... Deccan sultanates that were the successors to the Bahmani Sultanate.

The Bijapur sultanate was located in southwestern India, straddling the The Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains run along the western edge of Indias Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The range starts south of the Tapti River near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, and runs approximately 1600 km through... Western Ghats range of southern Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. It is one of the richest states of India. Its capital is Mumbai, the economic powerhouse of India.It accounts for 12 per cent of gross domestic product, pays 61% of all... Maharashtra and northern Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. Before 1973, the state was known as Mysore state, as it was formed out of the former Kingdom of Mysore in 1950, and enlarged in 1956 to include the Kannada-speaking... Karnataka. Ismail Adil Shah and his successors embellished the capital at Bijapur with numerous monuments.

The Adil Shahis fought the This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). Aum, the most sacred syllable and quintessential symbol of Hinduism, represents the first manifestation of the unmanifest Brahman. Hinduism (सनातन धर्म; commonly called Sanātana Dharma... Hindu empire of Vijayanagara (often written Vijayanagar), in northern Karnataka, is the name of the now ruined capital city of the historic Vijayanagar empire in the Southern part of India. Most of the city lies on the south side of the Tungabhadra river. The city was built around the original religious centre of... Vijayanagar, which lie to the south across the Tungabhadra River, and fought the other sultanates as well. The sultanates combined forces to deliver a decisive defeat to Vijayanagar in Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed. February... 1556, after which the empire broke up. Bijapur seized control of the The Raichur Doab is the triangular region of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states which lies between the Krishna River and its tributary the Tungabhadra, named for the town of Raichur. The region is named for the Doab, the crescent-shaped region between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, and associated with... Raichur Doab from the former empire. In Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. July 30 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time. 16 November - foundation of William Parker School, Hastings by the... 1619 the Adil Shahis conquered the neighboring sultanate of Bidar is a city in Karnataka state, India. It is the administrative seat of Bidar district. Bidar was the capital of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1425 until the sultanates breakup after 1518. It then became the center of one of the five independent sultanates, known as the Deccan sultanates... Bidar, which was incorporated into their realm. In the (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of Spain and Portugal declined. Similarly, the power... 17th century, the Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. 1760 (shown here in yellow) The Maratha Empire, (also spelled Mahratta), also called the Maratha Confederacy, was a state in central India. It was founded in 1674 by Shivaji and existed until 1818. The Hindu Marathas had long lived in the Desh region around... Marathas, a Hindu clan based in the Western Ghats around Pune, formerly called Poona, is the second largest city (after Mumbai) in the state of Maharashtra, India. According to the 2001 census provisional results, it had - according to official statistics - a population of 3.755 million in 2001. This figure includes the people residing in the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad... Pune, revolted successfully against the Bijapur sultans. Bijapur was conquered by the The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. It was largely conquered by Sher Shah during the time of... Mughal emperor Abul Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (November 3, 1618 - March 3, 1707), also known as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. He is commonly considered the last of the great Mughal emperors. Aurangzeb (from Persian اورنگ‌زی... Aurangzeb in Events The League of Augsburg is founded. Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the... 1686, bringing the sultanate and the dynasty to an end.

Adil Shahis of Bijapur

• Yusuf Adil Shah (1490-1510)
• Ismail Adil Shah (1510-1534)
• Mallu Adil Shah (1534)
• Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534-1558)
• Ali Adil Shah I (1558-1580)
• Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580-1627)
• Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-1657)
• Ali Adil Shah II (1657-1672)
• Sikandar Adil Shah (1672-1686)