Qualla: Ahmadnagar Sultanate https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/m/h/ahmadnagar-sultanate-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ahmadnagar Sultanate https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate Ahmadnagar Sultanate: Introduction https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The title Nizam ul-Mulk Bahri meant 'falcon,' a nod to the founder's father, who had been falconer to the Bahmani Sultan before rising to become prime minister. When Malik Ahmad inherited his father's governorship of Junnar in the late 15th century, the Bahmani Sultanate was fracturing. Rather than wait for someone else to claim the pieces, Ahmad fought off three separate armies -- defeating Sheikh Muaddi Arab in a night attack, routing an 18,000-strong force under Azmut-ul-Dabir, and turning back the Bahmani general Jahangir Khan. On May 28, 1490, he declared independence. The Nizam Shahi dynasty that he founded would rule the northwestern Deccan for the next century and a half, building a capital that contemporaries compared to Cairo and Baghdad.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/m/h/ahmadnagar-sultanate-wp/temh-ahmadnagar-sultanate-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ahmadnagar Sultanate: From Junnar to a New Capital https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate/ Photo credit Mr.Hanes, CC0. Ahmad's family were Kulkarnis from Pathri, a town in Marathwada. Whether they left due to religious persecution or famine remains unclear, but their trajectory carried them from obscurity to the highest corridors of Bahmani power. Ahmad's first capital was Junnar, centered on the...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/m/h/ahmadnagar-sultanate-wp/temh-ahmadnagar-sultanate-from-junnar-to-a-new-capital.mp3 0:06 2 full Ahmadnagar Sultanate: The Battle That Shattered an Empire https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate/ Photo credit DurChalen123, CC BY 4.0. The Ahmadnagar Sultanate's most dramatic moment came in January 1565 at Talikota. The regent of the Vijayanagara Empire, Rama Raya, had been provoking the Deccan sultanates for years -- conducting aggressive campaigns around Kalyan and delivering calculated diplomatic insults. Fo...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/m/h/ahmadnagar-sultanate-wp/temh-ahmadnagar-sultanate-the-battle-that-shattered-an-empire.mp3 0:06 3 full Ahmadnagar Sultanate: Warriors, Regents, and Defenders https://qualla.com/ahmadnagar-sultanate/ Photo credit Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0. The sultanate's later history was turbulent, marked by child rulers, assassinations, and the constant pressure of Mughal expansion from the north. Two figures stand out in its defense. Chand Bibi, great-aunt to the young sultan Bahadur Nizam Shah, served as regent from 1595 and p...

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