A History of Agriculture in India v2.c66.s5: The End of the Deccan Sultanates
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c66.s5
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The End of the Deccan Sultanates
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The Sultanantes of Deccan disappeared in the course of a century from A.D. 1574 to 1687. In A.D. 1574 the kingdom of Ahmadnagar absorbed that of Berar, and in A.D. 1619 the kingdom of Bijapur that of Bidar. Between A.D. 1596 and 1600 Akbar annexed the greater part of the kingdom of Ahmadnagar, and after thirty years of intermittent warfare his grandson, Shahjahan, finally annexed it in A.D. 1633. Bijapur was annexed by Aurangzeb in A.D. 1686 and Golconda in the following year.
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BENGAL A.D. 1338-1576
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Bengal became an independent kingdom in A.D. 1338 when Fakhr-ud-din, the Governor revolted against Muhammad-bin-Tughlak. The best-known rulers of Bengal were Jalal-ud-din (A.D. 1414-1431), Husain Shah (A.D. 1493-1519) and Nusrat Shah. Jalal-ud-din was a Hindu convert to Islam and bulk of the Hindu population embraced Islam in his reign.