A Muslim kingdom of the Deccan (1347 to 1527) founded by Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah after a revolt against the Tughlaqs, the chief rival of the Vijayanagara Empire south of the Tungabhadra.
- Founded in 1347 by Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah (also called Hasan Gangu), with its first capital at Gulbarga, later shifted to Bidar.
- Its most able minister was Mahmud Gawan (a Persian), who reformed the administration and expanded the kingdom in the late 15th century before being executed on a false charge.
- Constant conflict with Vijayanagara was largely over the fertile Raichur doab between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.
- After its decline, the kingdom broke into five Deccan Sultanates: Bijapur (Adil Shahi), Golconda (Qutb Shahi), Ahmadnagar (Nizam Shahi), Bidar (Barid Shahi), and Berar (Imad Shahi).
- These five Deccan Sultanates jointly defeated Vijayanagara at the Battle of Talikota in 1565.
The 1347 founding, the Gulbarga-to-Bidar capital shift, Mahmud Gawan, the Raichur doab dispute, and the five successor Deccan Sultanates are standard Deccan-history facts.
The Bahmani kingdom split into five Deccan Sultanates (Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, Berar); these Sultanates, not the Bahmani kingdom itself, fought the 1565 Battle of Talikota.
Deccan Muslim kingdom (1347 to 1527) founded by Hasan Bahman Shah; minister Mahmud Gawan; split into five Sultanates that crushed Vijayanagara in 1565.