bahmani kingdom history

GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS                     Mahmood Shah Bahmani II               MAN AND HIS SURROUNDINGS              THE proposition that there is an immediate relationship  Of Geography with the story of human experience needs No proof. This aspect of the question has, however, been overlooked by some historians and political scientists of Great note, and today one is apt to forget what a remarkable effect the configuration of the earth's crust, itself The effect of numerous causes has on the habits of the people and their ways of thought.   The tradition of Ibn-i-Khaldun stressing the effect of climate on human habitat was continued by Baron de Montesquieu in the eighteenth century, and thinkers began to lay down their ideas not in terms of An abstract "average" man who hardly ever existed, but in terms of the living man of flesh and...

Administration   Mahmud Gawan Madarsa (Collage) Though the Bahamani Sultans were generally busy in the battles, they organised a system of administration to suit their times. They were fortunate in deed to have the service of Mohammad Gawan as Prime Minister He was not only an able warrior but also a good administrator.   In fact the administrative set up made by Gawan was something better then they found it earlier. The kingdom was divided into eight provinces Viz. Gulburga, Bijapur, Daulatabad, Warangal, Rajamahendri, Mahore, Garnlla, Junar. The provincial governers were called Tarafdars. Land Tax was revised from time to time. Mohammad Gavan introduced revenue collection based on the extent and fertility of the land owned. He introduced several reforms in administration and created many new portfolios.     The important are as follows:   1. Vakil                ...

PRIME MINISTER MUHAMMED GAWAN (1453-81)   Gawan's Madrasa (Collage) : Bidar Muhammad Gawan was born in 1411 at Gawan in Persia. He came To Bidar in 1453 as a merchant He joined the service of Ala-ud-din. Later during Humayun's regime he became a loyal minister who worked With Rare Abilities. Gavan had to shoulder greater responsibilities during Niam shah's rule who was just eight years old when he succeeded Humayun. The credit of successfully turning back an attack by the Sultan of Malwa during Nizam Shah's regime must go to Gavan. Another Feather In his cap was the capture of Goa which was part of Vijayanagar Empire. He also put down a rebellion at Orissa and razed many temples To ground there and acquired the title Ghazi. Muhammad Gavan was not just an able General. He was also an able Administrator and a patron of art and education. He introduced many Administrative reforms (See: Administration). In l461 he established a College at his own cost in Bidar called “Gaw...

THE BAHAMANI KINGDOM     THE BAHAMANI KINGDOM (Capital: Gulburga & Bidar) The Islamic rule which was limited to North India spread to Karnataka also, during medieval times. Here the Islamic rule for about three centuries was of importance for many things. Contemporaries of Vijayanagar empire, the Bahamani rulers were their arch contenders for about 180 years. They also influenced art and culture of the area over which they held their sway. The Rise of Bahamani Sultanate: Deccan was an important province of Mohammed-Bin-Thugalak the Delhi sultanate but in 1345 the nobles or Sardars of Deccan throwing off the yoke of Thugalak's suzerainty made Malik Ismail their king of Deccan. Later he was deposed and on 3rd August 1347 Ala-uddin-Hassan Bahman Sha usurped the throne. His earlier name was Hassan Gangu. This new kingdom which came into being in Deccan was the Bahamani kingdom. Gulburga was its capital. This kingdom which began in 1347 A.D. and ended in 1527 was ruled fo...

  The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by Alauddin Bahman Shah in the 1347 AD. With its capital at Gulbarga and later Bidar a total of eighteen Sultans ruled over this kingdom. Often at war with the neighboring Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagara, the Bahamanis disintegrated into independent sultanates called Deccan sultanates after the attack of Krishnadeva Raya and the death of the great Wazir of Bahmani Sultanate Mahmud Gawan. The first Independent Islamic Kingdom in South India was the Bahmani Sultanate or the Bahmani Kingdom. One of the great medieval Indian kingdoms, the Bahmani Sultanate was founded as a revolt against Muhammad bin Tughlaq of the Delhi Sultanate by Zafar Khan, of Turkish origin, who took the title of Ala-ud-din Hassan Bahman Shah. Establishing a strong rule with nearly 18 kings for about 200 years, the Southern King Krishnadeva Raya defeated the last ruler of Bahmani Empire after which it got disintegrated into 5 states around 1518 AD, collectively known as Deccan Sult...

  The   Bahmani Sultanate   ( Persian :   سلطان‌نشین بهمنی ;   Urdu :   بہمنی سلطنت ;   Marathi : बहामनी सल्तनत;   Kannada : ಬಹಮನಿ ಸುಲ್ತಾನರು;   Telugu : బహమనీ సామ్రాజ్యం; also called the   Bahmanid Empire   or   Bahmani Kingdom ) was a   Persianate   Sunni Muslim   empire of the   Deccan   in   South India .   It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan. The sultanate was founded in 1347 by  Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah . The Kingdom later split into five successor states that were collectively known as the  Deccan sultanates , that would eventually sack the  Vijayanagar  capital after the  Battle of Talikota .