The Sultanate of Bidar was an early modern Indian polity, ruled by the Barid Shahi dynasty that ruled a territory in the central Deccan centred at Bidar. As one of the five Deccan sultanates, the sult
Tombs of the Bidar Shahi sultans at Barid Shahi Park in Bidar
Calligraphy in coloured tiles
Bidar Fort (inside view garden)
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 of the Bahmani Kingdom prior to its indepen
Bidar Sultanate
…rulership of the dynasty which ended in 1609 under the last sultan, Amir Barid III. He was eventually defeated in 1619 by Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Sultanate of Bijapur, who annexed the territory of the Bidar Sultanate into his realm. The sultanate was founded in 1492 by Qasim Barid I, who was a Turk. He joined the…
India and the Deccan sultanates in 1525; the Sultanate of Bijapur is center-left.
A page from Nujum-ul-Ulum, a manuscript on astrology and metaphysics completed during the reign of Ali Adil Shah I
The House of Bijapur, a 1680 painting of the nine Bijapur sultans and Shah Ismail of the Safavid dynasty
Painting by the Bijapuri Ali Riza of Ibrahim Adil Shah II venerating a Sufi saint