The
sultanate or empire was a Muslim state which was formed on the Deccan plateau
in India - one of the great medieval kingdoms of the sub-continent. Areas of
the state had formerly been part of the territory of the Satvahanas at the
beginning of the first millennium AD, while the sultanate itself was
concentrated mainly on the northern Deccan, as far as the River Krishna.
Bahamani
Sultanate, Humayun shah, Copper Gani
Obverse:
Al-Mutawakkil Alal-lahil-Qawi
Reverse:
Humayun Shah bin Ahmad Shah Al-wali Al-Bahmani
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Bahamani
Sultanate, Ala-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II, Copper Gani.
Obv:
al-mu 'tasim bi-hail allah al-mannam sammi khalil al-rahman abu'l muzaffar.
Rev:
'ala al-dunya wa 'l din ahmad shah bin ahmad shah al-sultan.
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Following a revolt against the Delhi sultanate which governed the region, the Bahamani sultanate was founded on 3 August 1347 by the Turkish governor, Zafar Khan (otherwise known as Hassan Gangu). Ascending the new throne as Alauddin Hassan Bahman Shah, he was possibly of Tajik-Persian descent. He took over on the very day the sultanate was founded when the originator of the revolt, Nazir uddin Ismail Shah, stepped down in his favour. The new territory included parts of modern Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh, although true authority of the Deccan was always contested with the Vijaynagara Empire.
The Bahamani (or Bahmani) sultans claimed descent from the mythical early Persian king, Kai Bahman, and maintained a keen interest in Persian affairs and culture.
