1) The Bahmani Sultanate ruled from 1347 to 1527 in south India, centered in the city of Gulbarga before the capital was moved to Bidar. 2) Mahmud Gawan served as the powerful prime minister who annexed ports and implemented administrative reforms, but later fell out of favor and was executed in 1482. 3) The sultanate was eventually defeated by the Vijayanagar Empire in 1565, splitting into five smaller kingdoms - Berar, Bidar, Golkonda, Bijapur, and Ahmednagar.

1. Bahmani Sultanate
1347-1527
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2. • Alauddin Hasan shah Bahman- 1347
• Always in conflict for Tungbhadra Doab, Krishna
Godavari basin, and Konkan area
• Firoz Shah abdicated in favor of brother Ahmed Shah I
who transfered the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar; he
also invaded Warangal
• Mahmud Gawan was PM who annexed ports of Goa,
and Dabhol from ; admin reforms –divided tarafs into 2
parts, Madrasa became famous for 1000 teachers &
students, scholars from Iran & Iraq; He became victim
of Deccani ( Sunni ) & Afaqi (shiite) nobles and fell out
of favour, was executed in 1482
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3. • Battle of Talikota 1565
• Succeeded by five independent kingdoms-
Berar, Bidar, Golkonda, Bijapur, Ahmednagar
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4. • Admin- kingdom divided into four ‘Tarafs’ and
placed under Tarafdar (Gulbarga, Daulatabad,
Berar, Bidar)
• 8 ministers appointed- Vakilus Sultanat, Wazir
e Kul, Amir e Jumla (finance), Wazir e ashraf (
foreign), Nazir( assist finance), Peshwa
(attached to wakil), Kotwal (police head), sadr
e jahan (head judiciary, charity, ecclesiastical)
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5. Mahmud Gawan Madarsa
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6. Tomb of Firoz Shah Bahman
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7. MADRASSA OF MAHMUD GAWAN
• Built in A.D. 1472 by Mahmud Gawan, a Persian scholar and
minister of Mohammed Shah II; It was an Islamic college having
lecture halls, library, mosque and ample accommodation for both
students and professors, built in the same architectural style as that
of Persian university buildings.
• The building covered a rectangle 205' X 180', with a quadrangle in
the centre onto which opened the halls and chambers which
surrounded it on all sides.; Externally, three of the sides have
prominent octagonal projections in the middle which are covered
by a 'Tartar' dome. The fourth side contains the entrance and has
two tall minars in three stages, one in each corner.
• The entire elevation is in three storeys of arched openings
surmounted by a wide parapet.
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8. MADRASSA OF MAHMUD GAWAN
• In true Persian fashion, the building depends mainly
upon surface treatment for its effects and the walls are
specially prepared for it.
• Most of the surface treatment is composed of colour
produced by glazed tiles. Schemes in white, green and
yellow showing floral patterns and arabesques. A great
emphasis is placed on decorative inscriptions, such as
the lettering on the parapet done by expert
calligraphers which is over 3' high.
• The foundations of the building show that sheets of
lead were interposed between courses of masonry to
prevent damp from injuring the tiled surfaces.
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