List of sultans of Malwa

Sultan of Malwa
Last to reign
Baz Bahadur
1555–1562
Details
First monarchDilawar Khan
Last monarchBaz Bahadur
Formation1401
Abolition1562
AppointerHereditary

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate was the principal title of the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate (1401–1561/2) in the Indian subcontinent. [1][2] The Sultanate was founded by Dilawar Khan, an Afghan or a Turko-Afghan[3] governor of the Delhi Sultanate.[4] In 1437, the Ghurid dynasty of Dilawar Khan was replaced by the Turko-Afghan Khalji dynasty, which was related to the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.[5][6][7]

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate

Royal Title Personal name Reign
Dilawar Khan was appointed as the governor of Malwa province in 1392 by the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. He declared himself independent in 1401 by establishing Malwa Sultanate. He was the first Sultan of Malwa from Ghurid dynasty.[8]
Sultan
سلطان 		Dilawar Khan Ghuri
دلاور خان غوری 		1401–1406
Sultan
سلطان 		Husam-ud-Din Hoshang Shah
حسام الدین ہوشنگ شاہ 		1406–1435
Sultan
سلطان 		Taj-ud-Din Muhammad Shah
تاج الدین محمد شاہ 		1435–1436
Ghurid dynasty replaced by Khilji dynasty[8]
Sultan
سلطان 		Ala-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I
علاؤالدین محمود شاہ اول 		1436–1469
Sultan
سلطان 		Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah
غیاث الدین شاہ 		1469–1500
Sultan
سلطان 		Nasir-ud-Din Shah
ناصر الدین شاہ 		1500–1510
Sultan
سلطان 		Shihab-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II
شہاب الدین محمود شاہ دوئم 		1510–1519
Raja Medini Rai[9]

(ruled as a vassal of Rana Sanga)

1519–1527
The interregnum; as the Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah defeated Mahmud Shah II and himself reigned as the Sultan of Malwa.[10]
Sultan
سلطان 		Bahadur Shah
بہادر شاہ 		1531 – 1537
Mughal Emperor Humayun defeated Sultan Bahadur Shah and briefly occupied Malwa for a year in between 1535-1536.[11]
1537-1555; era of semi-independent governors of Sur Empire.
Wali
ولی 		Shuja’at Khan
شجاعت خان 		1537 – 1542
Wali
ولی 		Isa Khan
عیسیٰ خان 		1542 – 1545
Wali
ولی 		Shuja’at Khan
شجاعت خان 		1545 – 1552
Sultan
سلطان 		Baz Bahadur
باز بہادر 		1555 – 1561/2
Malwa Sultanate was abolished in 1562 after Baz Bahadur's defeat against Mughal army.[11]

Family tree

Ghurid Dynasty

Khalji Dynasty

See also

References

  1. ^ Singh, V. P. (1 January 2014). Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part). Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-93-86237-33-0.
  2. ^ "Malwa Sultanate, Amirs of Sind -". Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ Keay, John (12 April 2011). India: A History. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-9550-0.
  4. ^ Haig, T.W. & Islam, Riazul (1991). "Mālwā". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VI: Mahk–Mid. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
  5. ^ Wink, André (2004). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. p. 140. ISBN 90-04-13561-8. The Subsequent Khalji dynasty (1436-1531) had the same origin as the Khalji dynasty of Delhi...
  6. ^ Hadi, Nabi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-311-3. Originally he belonged to a neighborhood of Bukhara, and after much wandering across the cities of the Islamic world, at last, came to settle in Mandu, capital city of the Independent Sultans of Malwah claiming descent from the Khalji clan, the Turko-Afghan mixture.
  7. ^ Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781789140101.
  8. ^ a b Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. pp. 8–24. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. ^ Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2002). History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 156. ISBN 978-81-269-0123-4.
  10. ^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.173-86
  11. ^ a b Chandra, Satish (2007). Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II. pp. 103–104.
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