Bijapur Sultanate

sultanate in southern India (1490-1686); based in the city of Bijapur

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Capital: Bijapur
Official languages: Persian
Common languages: Deccani Kannada Marathi
Religion: State religion: , Shia Islam (1504–34 and 1558–82) Sunni Islam (1490–1504, 1534–58, after 1582) Other: , Other religions in South Asia
Government: Monarchy
1490 1510: Yusuf Adil Shah (first)
1672 1686: Sikandar Adil Shah (last)
Historical era: Early modern

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The Sultanate of Bijapur was an early modern kingdom in the western Deccan and South India, ruled by the Muslim Adil Shahi (or Adilshahi) 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.