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Ali Adil Shah I | |||||
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Sultan | |||||
5th Sultan of Bijapur | |||||
Reign | 1558 – 17 August 1579 | ||||
Predecessor | Ibrahim Adil Shah I | ||||
Successor | Ibrahim Adil Shah II | ||||
Died | 17 August 1579[1] Bijapur | ||||
Burial | Ali Ka Rouza | ||||
Spouse | Chand Bibi | ||||
Issue | Ibrahim Adil Shah II the adopted son. | ||||
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House | House of Ali | ||||
Dynasty | Adil Shahi Empire | ||||
Father | Ibrahim Adil Shah I | ||||
Mother | Daughter of Asad Khan Lari (Khusrow) | ||||
Religion | Shia Islam |
Ali Adil Shah I (Persian: علی عادل شاه; 1558–1579) was the fifth Sultan of Bijapur Sultanate.
On the day of his coronation Ali abandoned the Sunni practices and reintroduced the Shi’ah Khutbah and other practices. The Persian doctors of religion were granted full freedom to preach the Shi’ah doctrine and were paid by the State for their missionary activities.
The new Sultan restored back to power the Afāqis while relegating the Deccanis to a position of insignificance. He subverted all the dogmatic experiments which his father had practiced.