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The '''Sultanate of Bijapur'''
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[[File:Sultanate of Bijapur.jpg|right|525px|thumb|the Gol Gumbaz, begun in 1626]]
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The '''Sultanate of Bijapur''' is a Sunni Muslim empire of the Indian Subcontinent, reaching from the [[Western Ghats (mountains)|Western Ghats]] mountains, across the central Deccan to the [[Bay of Bengal]].  The Sultanate has access to the [[Arabian Sea]] but has no significant ports there).  The great centre of Bijapur controls the sultanate; it is celebrated as a place of education and learning, medical arts, music and architecture; envoys, merchants and travellers visit the city to observe its magnanimity and grandeur.  The empire is, however, lies on the precipice of decline; though peace exists between Bijapur and the Moghuls, Vijayanagar in the south has made threatening moves to seize back some of the empire it has lost, while the Moghuls may be ready to strike from the north.
  
This is a list of settlements in [[Sultanate of Bijapur|Bijapur]], a [[Human Race & Physiology|human]] kingdom reaching across the southern Indian subcontinent from the Deccan Plateau to the Bay of Bengal. It covers an area of 288 [[20-mile Hex Map|hexes]], with a population of 3,225,341.
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The Sultanate covers an area of 288 [[20-mile Hex Map|hexes]] and has a population of 3,225,341.  It borders on the [[Empire of the Moghuls|Moghul Empire]] ([[Sultanate of Ahmadnagar|Ahmadnagar]], [[Subahdar of Berar|Berar]] and [[Subahdar of Bodhan|Bodhan]]); [[Kingdom of Golconda|Golconda]] ([[Subahdar of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] and [[Subahdar of Helipuri|Helipuri]]); [[Empire of Vijayanagar|Vijayanagar]] ([[Nayak of Madurai|Madurai]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], [[Nayak of Keladi|Keladi]] and [[Nayak of Manjarun|Manjarun]]); and the European colonies of [[Colony of Goa|Goa]] and [[Colony of Coromandel|Coromandel]].
  
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The Sultanate is divided into six subahdars ([[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]], [[Subahdar of Bellary|Bellary]], [[Subahdar of Bijapur|Bijapur]], [[Subahdar of Kolhapur|Kolhapur]], [[Subahdar of Nellore|Nellore]] and [[Subahdar of Pondicherry|Pondicherry]]) and one Nayak ([[Nayak of Vandavasi|Vandavasi]]).
!align="center" style="background-color:#ABCDEF" | Name
 
!align="center" style="background-color:#ABCDEF" | Population
 
!align="center" style="background-color:#ABCDEF" | Year founded
 
!align="center" style="background-color:#ABCDEF" | Province
 
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| align="left"|Kritapura || align="right"|5,427 || align="center"|1227 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]]
 
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| align="left"|Ranebennuru || align="right"|620 || align="center"|1154 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]]
 
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| align="left"|Belgaum || align="right"|29,888 || align="center"|BCE 400 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]]
 
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| align="left"|Dharwar || align="right"|5,553 || align="center"|1117 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]]
 
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| align="left"|Purballi || align="right"|10,163 || align="center"|1224 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Belgaum|Belgaum]]
 
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| align="left"|Bellary || align="right"|27,372 || align="center"|BCE 300 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bellary|Bellary]]
 
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| align="left"|Hospete || align="right"|303 || align="center"|1529 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bellary|Bellary]]
 
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| align="left"|Kotturu || align="right"|1,250 || align="center"|1150 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bellary|Bellary]]
 
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| align="left"|Bijapur || align="right"|3,101 || align="center"|1338 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bijapur|Bijapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Gulbarga || align="right"|3,981 || align="center"|1347 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bijapur|Bijapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Jamakhandi || align="right"|483 || align="center"|1264 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bijapur|Bijapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Yetigiri || align="right"|1,750 || align="center"|950 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Bijapur|Bijapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Kolhapur || align="right"|51,168 || align="center"|BCE 550 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Kolhapur|Kolhapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Sangla || align="right"|672 || align="center"|1112 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Kolhapur|Kolhapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Miraj || align="right"|4,631 || align="center"|950 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Kolhapur|Kolhapur]]
 
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| align="left"|Anantapuram || align="right"|1,034 || align="center"|823 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Chittur || align="right"|3,662 || align="center"|985 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Cumbum || align="right"|793 || align="center"|1015 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Gudur || align="right"|3,000 || align="center"|450 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Guntakal || align="right"|747 || align="center"|1053 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Hindupur || align="right"|844 || align="center"|975 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Kadapa || align="right"|3,390 || align="center"|1050 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Kadiri || align="right"|933 || align="center"|903 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Kavali || align="right"|697 || align="center"|1092 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Nandyal || align="right"|655 || align="center"|1126 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Nellore || align="right"|27,763 || align="center"|BCE 322 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Ongole || align="right"|4,588 || align="center"|BCE 185 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Proddatur || align="right"|1,234 || align="center"|663 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Ratadurg || align="right"|898 || align="center"|932 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Yadavagiri || align="right"|2,000 || align="center"|850 || align="left"|[[Sultanate of Nellore|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Pondicherry || align="right"|3,813 || align="center"|125 || align="left"|[[Subahdar of Pondicherry|Pondicherry]]
 
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| align="left"|Arcot || align="right"|1,147 || align="center"|733 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Arkonam || align="right"|1,500 || align="center"|450 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Kanchipuram || align="right"|39,743 || align="center"|BCE 480 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Manurontakam || align="right"|1,331 || align="center"|585 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Tiruvannamalai || align="right"|1,183 || align="center"|704 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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| align="left"|Vellore || align="right"|17,965 || align="center"|645 || align="left"|[[Nayak of Vandavasi|Nellore]]
 
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== Geography ==
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The region overlies that part of the Western Ghats called the Sahyadri mountain, with its foothills on the east; the mountains slope into the Arabian Sea on the west.  Ridges of the Ghats reach eastward to where they meet the Deccan Plateau, a rocky terrain marked by boulders and somewhat inconsistent terrain.  This stretches across the Sultanate from east to west until reaching the Nallamala Hills, a part of the [[Eastern Ghats (mountains)|Eastern Ghats]].  The Penner river, rising in the Deccan, flowing through the hills to drain into the Bay of Bengal.  The Coromandel Coast is a strip of lowland with extensive mangrove forest and river deltas.
  
See [[List of Settlements]]
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== History ==
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Following the Bahmani decline in 1518, when that Sultanate collapsed, a former Georgian slave and adventurer named Yusuf Adil Shah, having become the Governor of Bijapur, used his power to establish himself as an independent sultan.  A brilliant commander, Yusuf established a dynasty; progressively over the next century his sons and grandsons would vastly expand the power and wealth of Bijapur at the expense of Vijiyanagar and others.  The present ruler, Mohammed Adil, the seventh in the dynasty, signed a treaty with the Moghuls that ended expansion of Bijapur in the north.
  
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Latest revision as of 02:41, 6 June 2022

the Gol Gumbaz, begun in 1626

The Sultanate of Bijapur is a Sunni Muslim empire of the Indian Subcontinent, reaching from the Western Ghats mountains, across the central Deccan to the Bay of Bengal. The Sultanate has access to the Arabian Sea but has no significant ports there). The great centre of Bijapur controls the sultanate; it is celebrated as a place of education and learning, medical arts, music and architecture; envoys, merchants and travellers visit the city to observe its magnanimity and grandeur. The empire is, however, lies on the precipice of decline; though peace exists between Bijapur and the Moghuls, Vijayanagar in the south has made threatening moves to seize back some of the empire it has lost, while the Moghuls may be ready to strike from the north.

The Sultanate covers an area of 288 hexes and has a population of 3,225,341. It borders on the Moghul Empire (Ahmadnagar, Berar and Bodhan); Golconda (Hyderabad and Helipuri); Vijayanagar (Madurai, Mysore, Keladi and Manjarun); and the European colonies of Goa and Coromandel.

The Sultanate is divided into six subahdars (Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Kolhapur, Nellore and Pondicherry) and one Nayak (Vandavasi).

Geography

The region overlies that part of the Western Ghats called the Sahyadri mountain, with its foothills on the east; the mountains slope into the Arabian Sea on the west. Ridges of the Ghats reach eastward to where they meet the Deccan Plateau, a rocky terrain marked by boulders and somewhat inconsistent terrain. This stretches across the Sultanate from east to west until reaching the Nallamala Hills, a part of the Eastern Ghats. The Penner river, rising in the Deccan, flowing through the hills to drain into the Bay of Bengal. The Coromandel Coast is a strip of lowland with extensive mangrove forest and river deltas.

History

Following the Bahmani decline in 1518, when that Sultanate collapsed, a former Georgian slave and adventurer named Yusuf Adil Shah, having become the Governor of Bijapur, used his power to establish himself as an independent sultan. A brilliant commander, Yusuf established a dynasty; progressively over the next century his sons and grandsons would vastly expand the power and wealth of Bijapur at the expense of Vijiyanagar and others. The present ruler, Mohammed Adil, the seventh in the dynasty, signed a treaty with the Moghuls that ended expansion of Bijapur in the north.