Yusuf ʿAdil Shah

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Yusuf ʿAdil Shah

king of Bijapur

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Yusuf \u02bfAdil Shah was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty, which ruled the kingdom of Bijapur, India, from 1489 to 1686. He was a successor state to the Bahmani sultanate in the Deccan region. Yusuf \u02bfAdil Shah is said to have been a son of the Ottoman sultan Murad II. He introduced Shiism but practiced religious toleration. During his reign, Goa was lost to the Portuguese in 1510. The dynasty later allied with other Deccan states to defeat the Hindu Vijayanagar empire at the Battle of Talikota in 1565.12

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Vijayapura
In 1489—with the advent of Yūsuf ʿĀdil Shah, the first ʿĀdil Shāhī sultan—its dominions grew to include Goa, where a navy was maintained. Although it was defeated in 1686 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the ʿĀdil Shāhī dynasty left a legacy of outstanding Islamic buildings, aesthetically the most satisfactory of…
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In 1489—with the advent of Yūsuf ʿĀdil Shah, the first ʿĀdil Shāhī sultan—its dominions grew to include Goa, where a navy was maintained. Although it was defeated in 1686 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the ʿĀdil Shāhī dynasty left a legacy of outstanding Islamic buildings, aesthetically the most satisfactory of…
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Adil Shahi dynasty
…was named after its founder, Yusuf ʿAdil Shah, said to have been a son of the Ottoman sultan Murad II. He introduced Shiism but practiced toleration. At the end of his reign, Goa was lost (1510) to the Portuguese. After constant wars, a coalition of Bijapur with the three other…
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…was named after its founder, Yusuf ʿAdil Shah, said to have been a son of the Ottoman sultan Murad II. He introduced Shiism but practiced toleration. At the end of his reign, Goa was lost (1510) to the Portuguese. After constant wars, a coalition of Bijapur with the three other…
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India
Vizierate of Maḥmūd Gāwān
…many of whom sided with Yūsuf ʿĀdil Khan, previously Maḥmūd Gāwān’s chief supporter. Most of the newcomers returned to their provinces and refused to come to the capital, and the sultan was left with only the support of the conspirators. When he died in 1482 (of grief over his error…
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…many of whom sided with Yūsuf ʿĀdil Khan, previously Maḥmūd Gāwān’s chief supporter. Most of the newcomers returned to their provinces and refused to come to the capital, and the sultan was left with only the support of the conspirators. When he died in 1482 (of grief over his error…
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Portuguese conquest of Goa
The first Portuguese conquest of Goa
…that the ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah, had died, leaving behind a young and inexperienced successor, and that internal rivalries among Deccan rulers had further weakened Goa. Because the city lacked sufficient troops and was poorly defended, Timoja argued, the moment was especially favorable for a decisive Portuguese assault.…
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…that the ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah, had died, leaving behind a young and inexperienced successor, and that internal rivalries among Deccan rulers had further weakened Goa. Because the city lacked sufficient troops and was poorly defended, Timoja argued, the moment was especially favorable for a decisive Portuguese assault.…
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Goa
History of Goa
…passed into the power of Yūsuf ʿĀdil Khan, the Muslim king of Bijapur, who was its ruler when seafarers from Portugal first reached India. The city was attacked in March 1510 by the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque. The city surrendered without a struggle, and Albuquerque entered it in triumph.
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…passed into the power of Yūsuf ʿĀdil Khan, the Muslim king of Bijapur, who was its ruler when seafarers from Portugal first reached India. The city was attacked in March 1510 by the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque. The city surrendered without a struggle, and Albuquerque entered it in triumph.
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