Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Ahmadnagar Sultanate سلسله نظام شاهیان | |||||||||||
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| 1490–1636 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Junnar (1490–1494; 1610) Ahmednagar (1494–1600) Daulatabad (1499–1636, secondary capital) Paranda (1600–1610) Aurangabad (1610–1636) | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Persian | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Marathi Deccani (language of the ruling class) | ||||||||||
| Religion | State religion:
Other: Other religions in South Asia | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
• 1490–1510 | Ahmad Nizam Shah I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1633–1636 | Murtaza Nizam Shah III (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 28 May 1490 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | October 1636 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Falus | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
The Ahmadnagar Sultanate was a medieval Marathi Muslim kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur, ruled by the Nizam Shahi dynasty. It was established when Malik Ahmed, the Bahmani governor of Junnar, after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Jhangir Khan on 28 May 1490, declared independence and established the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
Initially the capital was in the town of Junnar with its fort, later renamed Shivneri. In 1494, the foundation was laid for the new capital Ahmednagar. A land fort called Ahmednagar Qila was the headquarters of the Ahmednagar Sultanate. In 1636 Aurangzeb, then Mughal viceroy of the Deccan, annexed the sultanate to the Mughal Empire.