Berar Sultanate
Berar Sultanate, also known as the Imad Shahi Sultanate was an early modern Indian kingdom in the Deccan peninsula. It was one of the Deccan sultanates and established in 1490 following the disintegration of the Bahmani Sultanate, and was annexed by Ahmadnagar in the 1572 invasion.
Sultanate of Berar वऱ्हाड | |||||||||
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| 1490–1572 | |||||||||
DELHI SULTANATE (LODIS) TIMURID EMPIRE (Babur) SHAH MIR SULTANATE PHAGMODRUPAS MALWA SULTANATE KALMAT AMARKOT SHEKHAWAT SIROHI TRIPWA SUGAUNAS VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE GOLKONDA SULTANATE ◁ Berar Sultanate with neighbouring polities, circa 1525. | |||||||||
| Capital | Ellichpur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian, Marathi language, Dakhini
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| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1490 – 1504 | Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk (first) | ||||||||
• 1568 – 1572 | Tufail Khan (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1490 | |||||||||
• Conquered by Ahmednagar Sultanate | 1572 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 29,340 km2 (11,330 sq mi) | |||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Berar". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. | |||||||||
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