'Adil-Shah

‘Adil-Shah
‘Adil-Shah. Muslim dynasty which ruled over Bijapur (r. 1489-1686).  They were great patrons of art and literature.

The Adil Shah dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur in the Western area of the Deccan region of Southern India from 1489 to 1686.  Bijapur had been a province of the Bahmani Sultanate (1347-1518), before its political decline in the last quarter of the 15th century and eventual break-up in 1518.  The Bijapur Sultanate was absorbed into the Mughal Empire on September 12, 1686, after its conquest by the Emperor Aurangzeb.