Nizam al-Din Ahmad III or Nizam Ahmed Shah or Nizam Shah Bahmani was the sultan of the

Bahmani Sultanate The Bahmani Kingdom or the Bahmani Sultanate was a late medieval Persianate kingdom that ruled the Deccan plateau in India. The first independent Muslim sultanate of the Deccan, the Bahmani Kingdom came to power in 1347 during the rebellio ...

from 1461 to 1463. During his reign, the administration of the sultanate was mainly handled by the

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prime minister

Mahmud Gawan Mahmud Gawan (1411 – 5 April 1481) was a Persian statesman who served as the chief minister, or Peshwa of the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan plateau in India from 1458 and ''de facto'' ruler as prime minister from 1466 until his death in 1481. ...

Reign

Nizam Shah was the eldest son of

Humayun Shah Alauddin Humayun Shah Bahmani was the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate, who reigned between 1458 and 1461. Also known as Humayun Shah ''Zalim'' (), he is described as a cruel ruler, known for executing people in torturous ways. Biography Humay ...

and ascended the throne on 4 September 1461 on the death of his father at the age of eight. His father had appointed a council of regents to ensure the smooth running of the kingdom during his son's minority and so the real power was held by his advisor

and his wife Makhduma-e-Jahan Nargis Begum as regents. His reign, however, was short and Nizam Shah died on 30 July 1463 and was succeeded by his younger brother Muhammad Shah III Lashkari.

Gajapati invasion

During the initial period in the reign of Nizam, the Gajapati invasion of Berar in 1461 unfolded with the strategic aim of capturing Berar, specifically

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in modern-day

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. Led by

Kapilendra Deva Kapilendra Deva (died 1467) was the founder of the Suryavamsa Gajapati dynasty that ruled parts of eastern and southern India with present-day Odisha as the center of the kingdom. He ascended to the throne after staging a military coup agains ...

, the Gajapati forces, supported by

Kakatiya The Kakatiya dynasty (IAST: Kākatīya) was a Telugu dynasty that ruled most of eastern Deccan region in present-day India between 12th and 14th centuries. Their territory comprised much of the present day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and p ...

chiefs, engaged in a significant military campaign. The outcome saw the Bahmani forces, under the leadership of Muhibullah, successfully repelling the Gajapatis, compelling their surrender and the submission of Kapilendra. This event played a crucial role in shaping the dynamics of Nizam Shah Bahmani's rule.

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