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Formation of the Bahmani Sultanate

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1340–1347

Around 1340, as the Delhi Sultanate's crisis deepened, local Muslim nobles and military commanders in the Deccan began breaking away from central con…

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  1. 1340Deccan Plateau · DeccanDelhi's control over the Deccan provinces weakened, and local commanders and nobles maintained their own armies, creating the political vacuum from which an independent sultanate could emerge.
  2. 1347Gulbarga · KarnatakaHasan Gangu declared himself sultan under the title Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, founding the Bahmani Sultanate and claiming independent rule over Muslim territories in the Deccan.

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