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Muhammad III (Bahmani sultan)

Type Figure Region South Asia Time c. 1450–1482 Also known as Muhammad Shah III、Muhammad III Lashkari、محمد شاه سوم

Muhammad III was a 15th-century Bahmani sultan of the Deccan who ascended as a child and nominally reigned from about 1463 to 1482.

Timeline

  1. 1463–1470Bidar · KarnatakaMuhammad III inherited the sultanate in childhood, with affairs assisted by powerful ministers such as Mahmud Gawan; the capital was set at Bidar, continuing to control the Deccan heartland.
  2. 1471–1480Bidar · KarnatakaOver this decade Gawan carried out land surveys, tax reforms and military expansion, bringing Bahmani power to its peak. The sultan himself mostly stayed at court, real power in the chancellor's hands, with periodic wars against southern powers such as Vijayanagara.
  3. 1481–1482Bidar · KarnatakaThe sultan died in 1482; weeks later Gawan was killed in a court conspiracy, Bahmani central authority weakened sharply, and regional governors gradually carved out independent domains.

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