Ahmadnagar Sultanate

Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Nizam Shahi dynasty
Ahmadnagar Sultanate; Nizam Shahi dynasty
28 May 1490–1636
	Alam, Flag of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate,the flag had a Quranic verse engraved.
	Extent of Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
Capital	Junnar (1490–1494; 1610); Ahmednagar (1494–1600); Daulatabad (1499–1636, secondary capital); Paranda (1600–1610); Aurangabad (1610–1636)
Common languages	Persian (official); Marathi (de facto) ; Deccani Urdu (language of the ruling class)
Religion	Sunni Islam until 1509, Shia Islam 1509 onwards
Government	Monarchy
Nizam Shah
• 1490–1510	Ahmad Nizam Shah I
• 1510–1553	Burhan Nizam Shah I
• 1553–1565	Hussain Nizam Shah I
• 1565–1588	Murtaza Nizam Shah I
• 1588–1589	Hussain Nizam Shah II
• 1588–1591	Isma'il Nizam Shah
• 1591–1595	Burhan Nizam Shah II
• 1595–1596	Ibrahim Nizam Shah/Chand Bibi
• 1596-1596	Ahmad Nizam Shah II
• 1596–1600	Bahadur Nizam Shah
• 1600–1610	Murtaza Nizam Shah II
• 1610–1631	Burhan Nizam Shah III
• 1631–1633	Hussain Nizam Shah III
• 1633–1636	Murtaza Nizam Shah III
History
• Established	28 May 1490
• Disestablished	1636
Currency	Falus
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Bahmani Sultanate
Mughal Empire
Portuguese India
Today part of	India

The Ahmadnagar Sultanate 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. 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 rule over the sultanate of Ahmednagar. 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. In 1636 Aurangzeb, then Mugal viceroy of Deccan, finally annexed the sultanate to the Mughal Empire.

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.

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