Sultanate of Bijapur

Overview

The Sultanate of Bijapur was an early modern kingdom in the western Deccan and South India, ruled by the Muslim Adil Shahi dynasty. Bijapur had been a taraf (province) of the Bahmani Kingdom prior to its independence in 1490 and before the kingdom's political decline in the last quarter of the 15th century. It was one of the Deccan sultanates, the collective name of the kingdom's five successor states. The Sultanate of Bijapur was one of the most powerful states on the Indian Subcontinent at its peak, second to the Mughal Empire which conquered it in 1686 under Aurangzeb.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1650
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire14

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Battle of Raichur1520
  Significant
• Maratha–Bijapur wars1648–77
  Significant
• Battle of Jamkhed1560
  Regional
• Battle of Kondavidu1563
  Regional
• Battle of Gingee1648
  Regional
• Battle of Pratabgarh1659
  Regional
• Battle of Panhala1660
  Regional
• Battle of Panhala1673
  Regional
• Battle of Umrani1673
  Regional
• Battle of Nesri1674
  Regional
• Battle of Ponda1675
  Regional
• Battle of Koppal1677
  Regional
• Battle of Tiruvadi1677
  Regional
• Battle of Bijapur1679
  Regional