Sikandar Adil Shah

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Sultan of Bijapur historical figure member of the Adil Shahi dynasty ruler

Sikandar Adil Shah was the last ruler of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, whose defeat marked the end of the independent Deccan sultanates and the expansion of Mughal power in southern India.

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Label Occurrences
Sikandar Adil Shah canonical 5
Adil Shah Suri 1
Sikandar Adil Shah, for the Adil Shahi Sultanate 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sultan of Bijapur ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
member of the Adil Shahi dynasty ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
associatedWith fall of Bijapur in 1686 ⓘ
capital Bijapur ⓘ
capturedBy Mughal imperial forces ⓘ
surface form: Mughal forces
conflict Deccan wars against Bijapur ⓘ
surface form: Mughal–Bijapur wars
country Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
deathDate 1686 ⓘ
deathPlace Bijapur ⓘ
defeatedBy Aurangzeb ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
dynasty Adil Shahi dynasty ⓘ
endOfReignCause Mughal conquest of Bijapur ⓘ
era late 17th century ⓘ
event Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance his defeat facilitated Mughal expansion in southern India ⓘ
his fall marked the end of the independent Deccan sultanates ⓘ
knownAs Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
lastMonarchOf Adil Shahi dynasty ⓘ
Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Karnataka ⓘ
surface form: Karnataka, India
notableFor being the last ruler of the Adil Shahi dynasty ⓘ
end of the independent Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
his defeat by the Mughal Empire ⓘ
opponent Aurangzeb ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
partOf Deccan sultanates ⓘ
positionHeld Adil Shah of Bijapur ⓘ
surface form: Sultan of Bijapur
predecessor Ali Adil Shah II ⓘ
region Deccan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Deccan
reignEnd 1686 ⓘ
reignStart 1672 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
ruledOver Bijapur and its dependencies ⓘ
successorState Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
territory Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
title Adil Shah of Bijapur ⓘ
surface form: Adil Shah

Sultan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deccan wars against Bijapur → opposingCommander → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
Adil Shahi dynasty → lastRuler → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
Hemu → servedUnder → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adil Shah Suri
Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) → opposingCommander → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) → opposingCommanderForSide → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikandar Adil Shah, for the Adil Shahi Sultanate
Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) → relatedRuler → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
Sikandar Adil Shah → knownAs → Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ