Bidar Sultanate

The Bidar Sultanate was an early modern Indian polity and one of the five Deccan sultanates, founded in 1527 CE. Ruled by the Barid Shahi dynasty, its territory was centered at Bidar in the central Deccan. The sultanate's initial territory corresponded to one of the five provinces of the Bahmani Sultanate, and under Qasim Barid I in 1492, it assumed de facto control of Bahmani state affairs. Leadership passed to his sons, Amir Barid I and Ali Barid Shah I. After Ali's death in the 1580s, a wave of successions occurred, ending in 1609 with Amir Barid III. The sultanate was dissolved in 1619 CE when Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Sultanate of Bijapur defeated Amir Barid III and annexed its territory.