Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c10.s6.7

c10.s6.7

Yusuf Ādil Shah (1480-1510 A.D.) was responsible to undertake the construction of citadel at Bijāpur. Subsequently, as the time passed by there were very strong and enlightened rulers in the dynasty. Among them were: Ibrahim Ādil-I (1535-1558 A.D.) the first builder of the outer fort wall, Ali Ādil-I (1558-1580 A.D.), Ibrahim Ādil II (1580-1627), who raised the forts of Navaraspur and Shāhapur, the suburban cities to the North-west and West of Bijāpur and also renovated the outer walls of the Bijāpur fort and built an exemplary architectural piece in Indo-Saracenic style i.e. a mausoleum for his wife and himself, now known as the Ibrāhim Rouza. Mohammad Ādil (1627-1656 A.D.), who was responsible in constructing the great tomb with whispering gallery the Gōl-Gumbaz, and finally during the reign of Sikandar Ādil, a boy king, the kingdom was annexed to the Moghul empire by the powerful Aurangzēb, while he invaded Bījāpur around 1680 A.D. Thus, ended the Ādil Shahi dynasty in the last quarter of 17th century.