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Sultanate of Ahmednagar | |||||||||
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1490–1636 | |||||||||
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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 | Sunni Islam until 1538,[2] Muhammad-Shahi (Mu'mini) Nizari Isma'ili Shi'a Islam 1538 onwards | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Sultan | |||||||||
• 1490–1510 | Ahmad Nizam Shah I (first) | ||||||||
• 1633–1636 | Murtaza Nizam Shah III (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1490 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1636 | ||||||||
Currency | Falus[3] | ||||||||
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Today part of | India |
The Sultanate of Ahmednagar or the Nizam Shahi Sultanate was a late medieval Indian Muslim kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur, ruled by the Nizam Shahi or Bahri dynasty.[4][5][6] It was established when Malik Ahmed, the Bahmani governor of Junnar after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Jahangir Khan on 28 May 1490 declared independence and established the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Sultanate of Ahmednagar.[7]
Initially his capital was in the town of Junnar with its fort, later renamed Shivneri. In 1494, the foundation was laid for the new capital Ahmadnagar. Ahmednagar sultanate was dependent on Koli chieftains for military or soldiers. Koli chieftains often provided the cavalry and infantry for Sultans of Ahmednagar during wartimes.[8] In 1636 Aurangzeb, then Mugal viceroy of Deccan, finally annexed the sultanate to the Mughal Empire.