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896–982/1491–1574
Berār
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890/1485 |
Fatḥ Allāh Daryā Khān, Imād al-Mulk, governor for the Bahmanīs in Berār since 876/1471 |
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890/1485 |
‘Alā’ al-Dīn b. Fatḥ Allāh, assumed the title of Shāh in 896/1491 |
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939/1533 |
Daryā b. ‘Alā’ al-Dīn |
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969–82/1562–74 |
Burhān b. Daryā, under the regency of Tufāl Khān Dakhni |
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982/1574 |
Conquest by the Niẓām Shāhīs |
The extensive district of Berār comprised the northern region of the Bahmanid Sultanate, now the easternmost part of Maharashtra State. The founder of the ‘Imād Shāhī principality there, Daryā Khān, was a Hindu convert in the service of the Bahmanids, who was made governor of Berār and who became latterly one of the powers behind the throne as the Sultanate became increasingly enfeebled. He eventually asserted his independence as ruler of Berār, with his capital at Elichpur. Together with that of the Band Shāhls (see above, no. 169), Daryā Khān’s was the only Sunnī principality among the Deccani successor-states to the Bahmanids. The history of the ‘Imād Shāhīs during the eighty years or so of their independence was filled with warfare with their neighbours, such as the ‘Ādil Shāhīs and Niẓām Shāhīs. Eventually, the Niẓām Shāhīs absorbed the ‘Imād Shāhīs, but in the early seventeenth century Berār was conquered by Akbar and passed into Mughal hands.
Lane-Poole, 318, 320; Zambaur, 298.
EI2 ‘Berār’ (C. Collin Davies), ‘Hind. IV. History’ (J. Burton-Page), ‘Imād Shāhīs’(A. S. Bazmee Ansari), Suppl. ‘Eličpur’ (C. E. Bosworth).
H. K. Sherwani and P. M. Joshi (eds), Histoiy of Medieval Deccan (1295–1724), I, 278–87, with a genealogical table at p. 278.
R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Histoiy and Culture of the Indian People. VII. The Mughul Empiie, ch. 14 IV.