THE BAHMANI KINGDOM

➮ The Bahmani kingdom was founded by Zafar Khan in 1347.
➮ Zafar Khan took in title of Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah.
➮ The capital of the Bahmani kingdom was at Gulbarga.
➮ Gulbarga was renamed as Ahsanabad.
➮ The greatest Bahmani ruler was Tajuddin Firoz Shah.
➮ Firoz Shah was a good calligraphist and poet and often composed extempore verses.
➮ According to Farishta, Firoz Shah was well versed not only in Persian, Arabic and Turkish but also in Telugu, Kannada and Marathi.
➮ The most remarkable step taken by Firoz Shah Bahmani was the induction of Hindus in the administration on a large scale, particularly, Deccani Brahmans in the revenue administration.
➮ Firoz Shah Bahmani encouraged the Pursuit of astronomy and built an observatory near Daulatabad.
➮ Chaul and Dabhol were main ports of Bahmani Kingdom.
➮ Firoz Shah Bahmani married a daughter of Deva Raya-I of Vijayanagar.
➮ In 1419 Firoz Shah Bahmani was defeated by Devaraya-I.

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