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Darya Imad Shah () was the third Sultan of Berar. He reigned between 1530 and 1561. Darya Imad Shah's attempts to rule peacefully meant dealing diplomatically with the local powers of
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and
Ahmadnagar Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost imp ...
. His daughter Daulat Shah Begum married the Ahmadnagar Sultan Hussain Nizam Shah I in 1558 on the banks of the
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, and he came to the aid of his son-in-law against
Aliya Rama Raya Aliya Rama Raya (1484 – 23 January 1565) was a statesman of the Vijayanagara Empire, the son-in-law (Aliya in Kannada) of Emperor Krishna Deva Raya and the progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire, the fourth and last dynasty ...
of the
Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hinduism, Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belongi ...
when he was subsequently attacked. This was an antecedent of the subsequent alliance between the
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that fought in the
Battle of Talikota The Battle of Talikota was a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates. The battle resulted in the defeat and death of Rama Raya, the ''de facto'' ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, set forth ...
. He died and was succeeded by his son, still an infant, in 1561.


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Burhan Imad Shah Burhan Imad Shah () (r. 1562–1574), was an infant ruler of Berar. Biography He was the son of Darya Imad Shah. His father died in 1562, and Burhan Imad Shah succeeded him to the throne. He was three years old. He is known to have been on ...
, Sultan of the Berar Sultanate; *Daulat Shah Begum, married Hussain Nizam Shah I, Sultan of
Ahmednagar Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impre ...
; *Daughter, married Abdul Qadir, son of Burhan Nizam Shah I;


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{{s-end People from the Berar Sultanate Imad Shahi dynasty 16th-century Indian Muslims Sultans 16th-century Indian monarchs Year of birth missing 1561 deaths