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36 Facts About Bijapur Sultanate

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The Bijapur Sultanate expanded southward, first with the conquest of the Raichur Doab following the defeat of the Vijayanagar empire at the Battle of Talikota in 1565.

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Former Bahmani provincial capital of Bijapur remained the capital of the Sultanate throughout its existence.

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Bijapur Sultanate was caught up in the instability and conflict resulting from the collapse of the Bahmani Empire.

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The Bijapur Sultanate was thereafter relatively stable, although it was damaged by the revolt of Shivaji, whose father was Maratha commander in the service of Adil Shah.

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The greatest threat to Bijapur Sultanate's security was, from the late 16th century, the expansion of the Mughal Empire into the Deccan.

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Bijapur Sultanate built the Citadel or Arkilla and the Faroukh Mahal.

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Bijapur Sultanate invited poets and artisans from Persia, Turkey, and Rome to his court.

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Bijapur Sultanate did this with a military support which has been given to him by a Bijapuri general Kalidas Madhu Sadhwani – brilliant commander and good diplomat, who made quick career by supporting Yusuf Adil Shah and then his son – Ismail Adil Shah.

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9.

Bijapur Sultanate married Punji, the sister of a Maratha Raja of Indapur.

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10.

Bijapur Sultanate built the Gagan Mahal, the Ali Rauza, Chand Bawdi and the Jami Masjid.

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Bijapur Sultanate is renowned for Bijapur's grandest structure, the Gol Gumbaz, which has the biggest dome in the world with whispering gallery round about slightest sound is reproduced seven times.

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12.

Bijapur Sultanate set up the historical Malik-e-Maidan, the massive gun.

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Bijapur Sultanate had to face the onslaught of the Maratha leader Shivaji on one side and Mughal emperor Aurangzeb on another.

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Arrival of Sufis in Bijapur Sultanate region was started during the reign of Qutbuddin Aibak.

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Bijapur Sultanate came to the Deccan from Arabia in the 13th century at a time when the Deccan was a land of unbelievers with no sign of Islam or correct faith anywhere.

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16.

Sufis of Bijapur Sultanate can be divided into three categories according to period of their arrival viz.

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17.

From all sides, the gates of Bijapur Sultanate fort were thoroughly connected with roads, and the people had good amenities.

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18.

Bijapur Sultanate being the capital and big business centre attracted merchants and travellers in large number from the Deccan and many parts of India and foreign lands.

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19.

Bijapur Sultanate was a person who saw Agra and Delhi in their glorious days.

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20.

Bijapur Sultanate wrote his account called, "Haalat-e-Asad Baig or Wakiat-e-Asad Baig".

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21.

From his account we shall be able to form some idea of the position which Bijapur Sultanate occupied among the wonder cities of India in the Medieval Ages.

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22.

Bijapur Sultanate cites in his impression of the city the grandeurs of the Adil Shahi court and its customs:.

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23.

Bijapur Sultanate has left for us an account, in which he describes Bijapur was a great city.

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24.

Bijapur Sultanate was fond of reading to the extent that he kept with him big boxes of books, while on tour.

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25.

Bijapur Sultanate lived long in Bijapur and resumed his practice with great success.

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Aithippa, an Ayurvedic physician, who was attached to a dispensary at Bijapur Sultanate compiled for his son Champa, Tibb-e-Bahri-o-Barri, a treatise on medicine.

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Bijapur Sultanate had spent a long time attending upon and getting instruction from Hakim Mohummad Hussain Unani and Hakim Mohammad Masum Isfahani.

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Bijapur Sultanate studied this system under Hakim-e-Misri and other Hindu physicians.

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Bijapur Sultanate possessed a great knowledge of Sanskrit, hence studied thoroughly works of Ayurveda like the Samhitas of Wagbhat, Charak and Sushrut, and wrote Dastur-e- Attibba or Iktiyarat-e-Qasmi.

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30.

Bijapur Sultanate cites in the names of various diseases, herbs and drugs and discusses simple and compound medicines and formulae of their preparation.

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Bijapur Sultanate gave details of minutes regarding characteristics of medicinal herbs, plants and fruits of India.

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32.

Bijapur Sultanate was a personal physician of the Sultan, without his permission he could not attend other patients.

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Bijapur Sultanate was poet and singer and maintained an inordinately a large number of musicians and minstrels at his court.

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34.

Bijapur Sultanate found the Sultan so wrapped up in listening to the music that he could hardly reply to Asad Baig's questions.

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35.

The architecture of Bijapur Sultanate is a combination of Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Deccani styles.

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Bijapur Sultanate became a cosmopolitan city, and it attracted many scholars, artists, musicians, and Sufi saints from Turkey, Persia Iraq, Turkey, Turkestan, etc.

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