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Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur

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Photographer: Martin Hürlimann Source: ebay.com Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur was one of the five succession states that came into existence after disintegration of the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan. Yusuf Adil Khan was the founder of the Adil Shahi kingdom whose rulers ruled Bijapur from until 1686 when Bijapur was annexed into the Mughal Empire by the last great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Yusuf Adil Khan A protégé of the wazir of Bahmani Sultanate, Mahmud Gawan, Yusuf Adil Khan was a descendant of a scion of the Ottoman dynasty. A prominent figure in the declining years of the Bahmani Sultanate, he was appointed governor of the Bijapur province of the Sultanate. Yusuf Adil was married to a Babuji Khanam, sister of a Maratha warrior. He died in 1510 in a fight with the Vijayanagara army under their greatest ruler Krishnadeva Raya. Himself a scholar and accomplished musician Yusuf Adil was a great patron of art and literature. Ismail Adil Khan Yusuf Adil Khan was succeeded by his