The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t44: Madura—Muhammadan Governors of
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t44
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Madura—Muhammadan Governors of
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For Madura under Pāṇḍya kings see the list of Pāṇḍyas below. In A.D. 1327, after the southern expedition of Muhammad Tughlak, Madura fell into the hands of the Sultan of Delhi. The Muhammadan Governor in 1335 was Jalālu-d-dīn Aḥsan Shāh, who broke away from his allegiance and became independent, beginning to rule in that year as Sultan of Madura. Successive Sultans held the country till in 1371 Kampana II son of Bukka I of Vijayanagar, now very powerful, marched to the south and seized Madura. What follows is not very clear, for coins have been found of Sultan Alāu-d-dīn Sikandar as late as 1378.
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1. Jalālu-d-dīn Aḥsan Shāh. Independent of Delhi 1335. Murdered in 1340. Ibn Batuta, the chronicler of local events of the time, was his brother-in-law.¹
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¹ Ibn Batuta, writing about Ghiyāsu-d-dīn, says that the latter married a daughter of Jalālu-d-dīn, whose wife (the mother of that daughter) was his (Batuta's) wife's sister. [I am not sure what authority Mr. Sewell follows here. The latest translator of Ibn Batuta, Professor Gibbs, has, 'He (Ghiyathad-Din) was married to the daughter of the late Sultan Jalalu-d-din, and it was her sister that I had married in Delhi.' Ibn Batuta in Broadway Travellers series p. 162. Editor.]
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2. Alāu-d-dīn Udauji. An Emir, unconnected with No. 1 by family. Ruled for one year when he was accidentally killed. 1340-41.
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3. Kutbu-d-dīn Firōz Shah, brother’s son of Jalālu-d-dīn. Killed after a rule of forty days.
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4. Ghiyāsu-d-dīn Dhāmagani. 1340-1 to 1342. A cruel tyrant. He defeated and killed Hoysala Ballāḷa III.
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5. Nasiru-d-dīn. 1342—?. Length of rule not known.
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6. Ādil Shāh. A coin of his, of date 1356 has been found.
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7. Fakru-d-dīn Mubārak Shāh. c. 1359-1368.
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8. Alāu-d-dīn Sikandar. c. 1368-1378. But his rule must have been purely nominal.