Mohammed Shah I

Mohammed Shah I
Muhammed Shah Bahmani I
A copper coin of Mohammed Shah I
2nd Bahmani Sultan
Monarch11 February 1358 – 21 April 1375[1]
PredecessorAla-ud-Din Bahman Shah
SuccessorMujahid Shah
IssueAla-ud-Din Mujahid Shah, Ruh Parwar Agha
FatherAla-ud-Din Bahman Shah

Mohammed Shah I (reigned 1358–1375) was the second ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom of India. He succeeded his father Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.[2] He initiated the Bahmani–Vijayanagar War with two neighboring kingdoms, the Vijayanagara and the Warangal under Kapaya Nayaka, and successfully subjugated them. He was succeeded by his son Alauddin Mujahid Shah.[3][4]

  1. ^ Sherwani 1946, Mohammad Shah Bahamani, pp. 76.
  2. ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 106–108. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  3. ^ Majumdar, R.C., ed. (2006). The Delhi Sultanate. The History and Culture of the Indian People. Vol. VI (5th ed.). Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 251–3.
  4. ^ Bhattacharya, Sachchidananda. A Dictionary of Indian History (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977) p.653