Ahmadnagar Sultanate

Ahmadnagar Sultanate
سلسله نظام شاهیان
Ahmadnagar Sultanate سلسله نظام شاهیان
1490–1636
	Map of Ahmadnagar Sultanate extending form Khandesh to Udgir, Golna to Paranda and from Konkan to Territories beyond Elichpur of Berar.
Capital	Junnar (1490–1494; 1610); Ahmednagar (1494–1600); Daulatabad (1499–1636, secondary capital); Paranda (1600–1610); Aurangabad (1610–1636)
Official languages	Persian
Common languages	Marathi ; Deccani (language of the ruling class)
Religion	State religion:; Sunni Islam (until 1538); Shi'a Islam (1538 onwards); Mahdavism (1589-1591); Other:; Other religions in South Asia
Government	Monarchy
Sultan
• 1490–1510	Ahmad Nizam Shah I (first)
• 1633–1636	Murtaza Nizam Shah III (last)
History
• Established	28 May 1490
• Disestablished	October 1636
Currency	Falus
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Bahmani Sultanate
Mughal Empire
Bijapur Sultanate
Today part of	India

The Ahmadnagar Sultanate was a medieval Marathi kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur, ruled by the Nizam Shahi dynasty.^{[n 1]}^[6]^[7] It was established when Malik Ahmed, the Bahmani governor of Junnar, after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Jhangir Khan on 28 May 1490, declared independence and established the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.^[8]

Initially the capital was in the town of Junnar with its fort, later renamed Shivneri. In 1494, the foundation was laid for the new capital Ahmednagar. A land fort called Ahmednagar Qila was the headquarters of the Ahmednagar Sultanate. In 1636 Aurangzeb, then Mughal viceroy of the Deccan, annexed the sultanate to the Mughal Empire.

^ Ali, Shanti Sadiq (1996). The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times. Orient Blackswan. p. 56. ISBN 978-81-250-0485-1.
^ Mohamed Nasr. The Relations Of The Mughal Empire With The Ahmadnagar Kingdom 1526 1636. p. 133.
^ Schimmel, Annemarie (1980). Islam in the Subcontinent. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 9004061177.
^ Gordon 1993, p. 47.
^ Stan Goron and J.P. Goenka, The coins of the Indian sultanates : covering the area of present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001).
^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal:Volume 44. Bishop's College Press. 1875. p. 38.
^ John Horace Parry (1981). The Age of Reconnaissance. the University of California Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780520042353.
^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

Cite error: There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=n}} template (see the help page).

[1] Ali, Shanti Sadiq (1996). The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times. Orient Blackswan. p. 56. ISBN 978-81-250-0485-1.

[2] Mohamed Nasr. The Relations Of The Mughal Empire With The Ahmadnagar Kingdom 1526 1636. p. 133.

[3] Schimmel, Annemarie (1980). Islam in the Subcontinent. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 9004061177.

[FOOTNOTEGordon199347-4] Gordon 1993, p. 47.

[5] Stan Goron and J.P. Goenka, The coins of the Indian sultanates : covering the area of present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001).

[7] Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal:Volume 44. Bishop's College Press. 1875. p. 38.

[8] John Horace Parry (1981). The Age of Reconnaissance. the University of California Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780520042353.

[sen2-9] Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[n 1]

[6]

[7]

[8]