Malwa Sultanate Mālwā Salṭanat | |||||||||
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| 1401–1562 | |||||||||
![Malwa Sultanate at their height under the Khalji dynasty.[1]](view_image.php?q=Malwa_Sultanate&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Khaljis_of_Malwa.png) Malwa Sultanate at their height under the Khalji dynasty.[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Dhar (initially) Mandu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official) | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1401 - 1406 | Dilawar Khan (first) | ||||||||
• 1555 - 1562 | Baz Bahadur (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1401 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1562 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
The Malwa Sultanate was a late medieval kingdom in the Malwa region, covering the present day Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan from 1401 to 1562. It was founded by Dilawar Khan, who following Timur's invasion and the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1401, made Malwa an independent realm.
Following the Battle of Gagron in 1519, much of the Sultanate came under the brief control of Maharana of Mewar Rana Sanga,[2] and he appointed one of his vassals, Medini Rai, to rule over the Sultanate.[3] In 1562, the Sultanate was conquered from its last ruler, Baz Bahadur, by the Mughal Empire, and it became a subah of the empire. The Sultanate was predominantly ruled by Afghan and Turco-Afghan dynasties throughout its existence.
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 148, map XIV.4 (b). ISBN 0226742210.
- ^ Sharma, Dasharatha (1970). Lectures on Rajput History and Culture. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8426-0262-4.
- ^ 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.