Ahmednagar Sultanate Deccan conflict (1570s)

Name: Ahmednagar Sultanate Deccan conflict (1570s)
Start: 1572
End: 1580

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1572–1580

In the 1570s the Ahmednagar Nizam Shahi sultanate under Murtaza Nizam Shah I fought Bijapur's Adil Shahi and the Mughal Empire, losing much territory…

Timeline

1572–1574Ahmednagar · MaharashtraAfter the 1565 Battle of Talikota destroyed the Vijayanagara Empire, Murtaza Nizam Shah I exploited the Deccan power vacuum to consolidate Ahmednagar, reforming administration and expanding the military against neighboring sultanates.
1575–1576Berar · MaharashtraAhmednagar and Bijapur's Sultan Ali Adil Shah I went to war over border territories such as Berar, with neither side gaining a decisive edge, keeping northern Deccan tense.
1576Ratchasbuvan · MaharashtraBijapur's forces decisively defeated Ahmednagar at Ratchasbuvan; the Nizam Shah lost much territory and military prestige, forced to sue peace with Bijapur, tilting the balance of power in Deccan toward Bijapur.

Sources

The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire — John F. Richards (1993)
History of the Medieval Deccan — H. K. Sherwani (1974)