Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Bahmani Kingdom

1. Who set up the Bahmani Sultanate?
2. Who was Mahmud Gawan?
3. Name the five Sultanates in the Deccan.
4. Who conquered them?

Answer 1

1. Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah set up the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347 A.D.
2. Mahmud Gawan was a great statesman and loyal minister of the Bahmani kingdom
3. Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmednagar, Berar, and Bidar were the five Sultanates in the Deccan.
4. The Deccan Sultanates were conquered by Aurangzeb in the 1660s and the entire region, as far south as Madras (Chennai) became a part of the Mughal empire.