page_title: Adil Shahi dynasty
section_title: Adil Shahis of Bijapur
hierarchical_section_title: Adil Shahi dynasty / Adil Shahis of Bijapur
caption_attribution_description: Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur A Portrait by a Bikaner artist, 1590
context_page_description: The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi, was a Shia Muslim dynasty, and later accepted the Sunni Islam, founded by Yusuf Adil Shah, that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur, centred on present-day Bijapur district, Karnataka in India, in the Western area of the Deccan region of Southern India from 1489 to 1686. Bijapur had been a province of the Bahmani Sultanate, before its political decline in the last quarter of the 15th century and eventual break-up in 1518. The Bijapur Sultanate was absorbed into the Mughal Empire on 12 September 1686, after its conquest by the Emperor Aurangzeb.
  The founder of the dynasty, Yusuf Adil Shah, was appointed Bahmani governor of the province, before creating a de facto independent Bijapur state. Yusuf and his son, Ismail, generally used the title Adil Khan. 'Khan', meaning 'Chief' in Mongolian and adopted in Persian, conferred a lower status than 'Shah', indicating royal rank. Only with the rule of Yusuf's grandson, Ibrahim Adil Shah I, did the title of Adil Shah come into common use.
  The Bijapur Sultanate's borders changed considerably throughout its history.
context_section_description: Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
  Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
  Mallu Adil Shah (1534)
  Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534–1558)
  Ali Adil Shah I (1558–1579)
  Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580–1627)
  Mohammed Adil Shah (1627 – 4 November 1656); his mausoleum is the Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
  Ali Adil Shah II (1656 – 24 November 1672)
  Sikandar Adil Shah (1672 – 26 September 1686)
caption: Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II
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