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Dynastic Lists and Genealogical Tables DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES (1) The Bahamani Dynasty of the Deccan. (2) The Nizam Shahi Dynasty of Ahmadnagar. (3) The Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur. (4) The Imad Shahi Dynasty of Berar. (5) The Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golconda. (6) The Barid Shahi Dynasty of Bidar. (7) The Faruqi Dynasty of Khandesh. 440 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES THE BAHAMANI DYNASTY OF THE DECCAN Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 748 Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah 1347 759 Muhammad I 1358 776 Mujahid 1375 779 Daud 1378 780 Mahmud (wrongly called Muhammad II) . 1378 799 Ghiyas-ud-din 1397 799 Shams-ud-din 1397 800 Taj-ud-din-Firoz 1397 825 Ahmad, Vali 1422 839 Ala-ud-din Ahmad 1436 862 Humayun Zalim 1458 865 Nizam 1461 867 Muhammad III, Lashkari 1463 887 Mahmud 1482 924 Ahmad 1518 927 Ala-ud-din 1521 928 Wali-Ullah 1522 931 Kalimullah 1525 944 End of the dynasty 1538 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES 441 THE BAHAMANI DYNASTY OF THE DECCAN GENEALOGY (Figures in brackets denote the order of succession) 442 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES THE NIZAM SHAHI DYNASTY OF AHMADNAGAR Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 895 Ahmad Nizam Shah 1490 915 Burhan Nizam Shah I 1509 960 Husain Nizam Shah I 1553 973 Murtaza Nizam Shah I 1565 996 Husain Nizam Shah II 1588 997 Ismail Nizam Shah 1589 999 Burhan Nizam Shah II 1591 1001 Ibrahim Nizam Shah 1594 1002 (Ahmad-usurper) 1595 1003 Bahadur Nizam Shah 1595 1007 Murtaza Nizam Shah II 1599 1041 Husain Nizam Shah III 1631 1043 End of the Dynasty 1633 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES 443 444 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES THE ADIL SHAHI DYNASTY OF BIJAPUR Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 895 Yusuf Adil Shah 1490 916 Ismail Adil Shah 1510 941 Mallu Adil Shah 1534 941 Ibrahim Adil Shah I 1534 965 'Ali' Adil Shah I 1558 988 Ibrahim Adil Shah II 1580 1037 Muhammad Adil Shah 1627 1067 'Ali' Adil Shah II 1656 1083 Sikandar Adil Shah 1672 1097 End of the dynasty 1686 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES 445 THE IMAD SHAHI DYNASTY OF BERAR Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 895 Fathullah 'Imad Shah' 1490 916 'Ala-ud-din' Imad Shah 1510 937 Darya 'Imad Shah' 1529 969 Burhan 'Imad Shah' Tufal Khan (usurper). 1561 982 End of the dynasty 1574 THE QUTB SHAHI DYNASTY OF GOLCONDA Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 918 Sultan Quli Qutb Shah 1512 950 Jamshid Qutb Shah 1543 957 Subhan Quli Qutb Shah 1550 957 Ibrahim Qutb Shah 1550 988 Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah 1580 1020 Muhammad Qutb Shah 1612 1035 Abdullah Qutb Shah 1626 1083 Abu-I-Hasan Qutb Shah 1672 1098 End of the dynasty 1687 446 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES 447 THE BARID SHAHI DYNASTY OF BIDAR Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A.D. 894 Amir Qasim Barid 1487 911 Amir Ali Barid 1505 949 Ali Barid Shah I 1542 987 Ibrahim Barid Shah 1579 994 Qasim Barid Shah II 1586 999 Amir Barid Shah 1589 1010 Mirza Ali Barid Shah 1601 1018 Ali Barid Shah II 1609 1028 End of the dynasty 1619 448 DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES THE FARUQI DYNASTY OF KHANDESH Year of Accession Year of Accession A. H. A. D. 784 Raja Ahmad, Malik Raja .. .. ... 1382 801 Nasir Khan .. .. .. .. 1399 840 Adil Khan I .. .. .. .. 1437 844 Mubarak Khan I, Chaukanda .. 1441 861 Adil Khan II, Aina .. .. .. 1457 909 Daud Khan .. .. .. .. 1503 914 Ghaznikhan .. .. .. .. 1508 914 Hasan Khan .. .. .. .. 1508 914 Alam Khan (usurper) .. .. 1508 914 Adil Khan III (Alam Khan) .. .. 1509 926 Miran Muhammad Shah I* .. 1520 Gujarat.]941 Ahmad Shah .. .. .. 1535 941 Mubarak Shah II .. .. .. 1535 974 Muhammad Shah II .. .. 1566 984 Hasan Shah .. .. .. 1576-77 985 Adil Shah IV (Raja Ali Khan) .. 1577-78 1006 Bahadur Shah (Qadr Khan) .. 1597 1009 End of the dynasty .. .. 1601 * Also of Gujarat. DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES 449 .
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