Bahmani Kingdom History

 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.








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