Expansion of the Bahmani Sultanate

Timeline

1. 1371–1375Gulbarga · KarnatakaIn the early 1370s Muhammad Shah I continued the eight-minister administrative system and the four-province (taraf) division, harshly suppressing highway robbery to secure trade routes, and relied on fortresses such as Golconda, taken in 1363, to hold Telangana. The completion of the great mosque in 1367 marked architectural and cultural flourishing under his rule.
2. 1375–1377Raichur Doab (between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers) · Deccan PlateauMuhammad Shah I died in April 1375 and was succeeded by his son Mujahid Shah. In 1377 the new Vijayanagara ruler Harihara II rejected Bahmani territorial claims to the Raichur Doab, and war resumed; according to Ferishta and other chronicles, the Vijayanagara army successfully repelled the Bahmani attack.