[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c11.18 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.18 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.18 - **Language:** English ### [c11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.18) The new dynasty succeeded to the southern territory of the Bahamani monarchy, but at first the limits of their dominions were more circumscribed than those of their predecessors, as, during the feeble sway and troubled reigns of the later Bahamani kings, the Vijayanagar rájás had recovered much of the country of which they had been dispossessed. In the reign of Yúsuf's son, Ismail Ádil Sháh, we find that Kittúr was apparently the most southerly position occupied by the Musalmáns, Dhárwár having fallen into the hands of the Hindus, who had also possession of Torgal, so that the eastern and southern parts of the Southern Marátha Country had reverted to their old rulers. Afterwards the Bijápur kingdom extended from the Níra on the north to the Tungbhadra on the south, and from the sea on the west to the Bhíma and Krishna on the east.¹ Later on its victorious arms were carried beyond the Tungbhadra, and to the south-east as far as the Bay of Bengal; and it is interesting to note that the Bijápur kings were brought in contact with two European nations destined to play a prominent part in Southern India. Thus Goa was taken from them on the west coast by Albuquerque, the Portuguese general, in A.D. 1510; while on the other side of the peninsula the French, in A.D. 1674, obtained a grant of the site of Pondicherry from the Bijápur viceroy.² The most noteworthy point connected with the Adil Khán dynasty is the fact that Shiváji, the founder of the Marátha empire, was its subject, and that his first successful efforts towards the great aim of his life were made in its dominions. This is not the place for a detailed history of the Bijápur kings; but the most important events connected with them will be briefly noted, special prominence being given to such as relate to the Southern Marátha Country. - [Previous: c11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.17) - [Next: c11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.19) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.18) · Pramāṇa