Deccan sultanates
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The Deccan sultanates is a historiographical term referring to five medieval Indian Persianate Muslim kingdoms on the Deccan Plateau between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. They emerged after
Painting of the Nizam Shahs
Hunting party, Deccan
Panorama of the Battle of Talikota (1565). In the right panel, Husain Shah (riding a horse) orders the decapitation of Ramaraya (r. 1542–65), the defeated ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire. Ta'rif-i Husain Shahi (Chronicle of Husain Shah).
Ibrahim Adil Shah II
Bidar Sultanate
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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
Ashtur Tombs
Bidar Fort (inside view garden)