Deccan wars against Bijapur

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Mughal campaign military conflict

The Deccan wars against Bijapur were a series of protracted 17th-century Mughal campaigns that led to the conquest and annexation of the Bijapur Sultanate under Emperor Aurangzeb.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaigns	1
Mughal–Deccan Wars	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mughal campaign ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
belligerent	Deccan sultanates ⓘ surface form: Bijapur Sultanate Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
cause	Mughal expansion in the Deccan ⓘ decline of Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
commandedBy	Aurangzeb ⓘ
commander	Aurangzeb ⓘ Diler Khan ⓘ Azam Shah ⓘ surface form: Prince Azam Shah
conflictBetween	Deccan sultanates ⓘ surface form: Bijapur Sultanate Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
conflictType	series of wars ⓘ
country	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
dynastyOfVictor	Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid (Mughal) dynasty
endTime	1686 ⓘ
era	Aurangzeb ⓘ surface form: reign of Aurangzeb
followedBy	consolidation of Mughal rule in Bijapur territories ⓘ
geographicContext	Indian subcontinent ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Mughal period ⓘ
location	Deccan sultanates ⓘ surface form: Bijapur Sultanate Deccan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Deccan
monarchInvolved	Aurangzeb ⓘ
notableSiege	Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) ⓘ
opponent	Deccan sultanates ⓘ surface form: Bijapur Sultanate
opponentDynasty	Adil Shahi dynasty ⓘ
opposingCommander	Afzal Khan’s successors in Bijapur command ⓘ Sikandar Adil Shah ⓘ
outcome	dissolution of Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
partOf	Deccan wars against Bijapur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaigns Deccan wars against Bijapur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mughal–Deccan Wars
preludeTo	full Mughal control over much of the Deccan ⓘ
primaryTheater	Bijapur city and environs ⓘ Karnataka region of the Deccan ⓘ
relatedTo	Mughal conquest of Golconda ⓘ Mughal–Maratha Wars ⓘ
religionOfRulingPower	Sunni Islam ⓘ
result	Mughal victory ⓘ annexation of Bijapur Sultanate into Mughal Empire ⓘ conquest of Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ
significantEvent	Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
territorialChange	Bijapur territories incorporated into Mughal Empire ⓘ
timeSpan	second half of the 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Aurangzeb → militaryCampaign → Deccan wars against Bijapur ⓘ

Deccan wars against Bijapur → partOf → Deccan wars against Bijapur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughal–Deccan Wars

Deccan wars against Bijapur → partOf → Deccan wars against Bijapur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaigns