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) · THE coins of the Bahmani line of kings, who ruled over a large region of South Central India during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries of the Christian era, have nowhere yet received the detailed consideration which they deserve, whether as evidences of Musulman invasion of remote lands, or for their own intrinsic value as a special field of numismatic interest.
of Balban, Firoz Shah and 'Ala-ud-din are often found in the Deccan, and appear to have been current until the similar ones of Hasan Gangu the first Bahmani king, took their place.
Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq soon began to entrust great power to his eldest son, Muhammad Juna, also called Ulugh Khan, (after whom jaunpur was named), sending him south twice to reduce to obedience the Raja Pratapa Rudra of Warangal, and also into Orissa, and leaving him as regent in Delhi while he himself led a force into Bengal.
799-800 1397 · Shams-ud-dln 800-825 1397-1422 Firoz 825-838 1422-1435 Ahmad I 838-862 1435-1457 Ahmad II 862-865 1457-1461 Humayun 865-867 146"1-1463 Nizam Shah 867-887 1463-1482 Muhammad III 887-924 1482-1518 Mahmud 924-927 1518-1520 Ahmad III 927-929 1520-1522 · 'Ala-ud-din II · 929-930 1522-1523 Wali-ul-lah 930-933 1523-1526* Kalim-ul-lah The Bahmani dynasty lasted for some 1 Bo years, of which time Gulbarga was the capital from 1347 to 1435, and Bidar from 1435 to 1526.
' Bahman Shah was succeeded by his eldest son, Muhammad I, whose reign of seventeen years was largely taken up by war with neighbouring kingdoms, especially Vijayanagar.