Bahmani Kingdom
Bahmani Kingdom
Bahmani Kingdom
Bahmani Kingdom
Bahmani Kingdom (1347 - 1538)
● Revolt by the foreign muslim nobles of Md. Bin Tughlaq - Proclaimed Hasan
Gangu as leader
● Hasan Gangu - Abu - i - Muzaffar Alauddin Bahman Shah
● Bahmani Kingdom in 1347 CE
Internal reforms
● Divided kingdoms into tarafs, tarafdar - fixed salary - jagir and cash
● Curbing the influence of tarafdars - forts under state’s control
● Land revenue - Land measurement
● Balance in nobility
Mahmud Gawan (1463 - 1482)
● Malik - ul - Tujjar
● Maximum territorial limits - Annexations in the east, raids into the Vijayanagar
territories and capture of Dabhol and Goa ports
● Northern frontiers settled - conflict with Malwa rulers
Internal reforms
● Divided kingdoms into tarafs, tarafdar - fixed salary - jagir and cash
● Curbing the influence of tarafdars - forts under state’s control
● Land revenue - Land measurement
● Balance in nobility
Mahmud Gawan (1463 - 1482)
Art and Culture
Monument Importance
● Ibrahim Rouza - Tomb of Ibrahim Adil Shah II & his queen Taj
Sultana
● Gagan Mahal - Heavenly palace built by Ali Adil Shah I. Was a
royal palace with a darbar hall
● Gol Gumbaz - Mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah. (one of the
world’s largest domes)
Golconda (1512 - 1687 C.E.)
● Qutub Shah in 1512 C.E.
● Ibrahim Qutub Khan (1550 - 1580 C.E.) - tolerant and secular leader
● A great patron of Telugu language - ‘Malikabaram’
● Battle of Talikotta in 1565 C.E.
● Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah (1580 - 1612 C.E.) - patron of art and culture
● Hyderabad - Charminar