Dynasty·Later empires
Bahmani Sultanate Founded in the Deccan
- Date
- 3 August 1347 CE748 AH679 years ago
- Place
- Gulbarga, Deccan
- People
- Hasan Gangu, Ala al-Din Bahman Shah
The Bahmani Sultanate was founded in August 1347, when rebel nobles crowned Hasan Gangu as sultan. He took the title Ala al-Din Bahman Shah. The sultanate was based at Gulbarga and later at Bidar. It became the first independent Muslim kingdom in the Deccan and lasted until the early sixteenth century.
Why it matters
Its successor states, including Golconda and Bijapur, lasted into the seventeenth century.