History of India: ancient and medieval / Vijayanagara, Bahmani and the Deccan sultanates
Bahmani kingdom and the Deccan sultanates
Concepts to cover
- Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah (1347), Gulbarga and Bidar capitals, Raichur doab conflict with Vijayanagara
- Mahmud Gawan: provincial reforms, land survey, Bidar madrasa, execution (1481)
- Deccani versus Afaqi (foreign) nobles and the break-up of the Bahmani kingdom
- Bijapur (Adil Shahi), Golconda (Qutb Shahi), Ahmadnagar (Nizam Shahi, Malik Ambar), Berar, Bidar; Mughal absorption