Berar Sultanate
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Berar in Ancient History
Subah Berar and Gondwana the Vidarbha region known as Gulshan-e-Berar in medieval period since Khilji dynasty to mughal period according Aine-Akbari and Alimgeer Namah report the berar is hole Fourteen sarkarThe origin of the name Berar
Berar
Berar may refer to:*Berar Sultanate, a Deccan sultanate established 1490*Berar Subah, a Subah of the Mughal empire from 1596 to 1724*Berar Province, a province of British India*Berar , a sailing ship built in 1863-See also:...
or Warhad as it is spelled in Marathi, is not known. It is corruption of Warhadi
Warhadi
Warhadi is one of the four main Marathi dialects, spoken in the Vidarbha region on the eastern side of Maharashtra....
, accompanying Prince Rukmini with her brother Rukmin who visited Amba temple of Amravati before her proposed marriage with Sisupala. Possibly it may be a corruption of Vidarbha
Vidarbha
Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. Its former name is Berar . It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra...
, the name of a kingdom in the Deccan of which, in the period of the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
, of which Berar is a part of it.
The history of Berar belongs generally to that of the Deccan, the country falling in turn under the sway of the various dynasties which successively ruled in southern India, the first authentic records showing it to have been part of the Andhra or Satavahana
Satavahana
The Sātavāhana Empire or Andhra Empire, was a royal Indian dynasty based from Dharanikota and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh as well as Junnar and Prathisthan in Maharashtra. The territory of the empire covered much of India from 230 BCE onward...
empire. On the final fall of the Chalukyas in the 12th century, Berar came under the sway of the Yadavas of Deogiri, and remained in their possession until the Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
invasions at the end of the 13th century. On the establishment of the Bahmani Sultanate
Bahmani Sultanate
The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms...
in the Deccan (1348), Berar was constituted one of the five provinces into which their kingdom was divided, being governed by great nobles, with a separate army. The perils of this system becoming apparent, the province was divided (1478 or 1479) into two separate provinces, named after their capitals Gawil
Gawilghur
Gawilghur was a well-fortified mountain stronghold of the Maratha Empire north of the Deccan Plateau, in the vicinity of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati District, Maharashtra. It was successfully assaulted by an Anglo-Indian force commanded by Arthur Wellesley on the 15 December 1803 during the...
and Mahur
Mahur
Mahur or Mahurgad is a religious place in Maharashtra, India. Mahur is said to be the birth place of Hindu Goddess Renuka, mother of Lord Parshuram. The three and half Shakti Peethas of Maharashtra are Tuljapur enshrining Bhavani, Kolhapur enshrining Mahalakshmi, Mahur enshrining Mahamaya, and...
. The Bahmani dynasty was, however, already tottering to its fall.
During the disintegration of Bahmani sultanate, in 1490 Fath-ullah Imad-ul-Mulk, governor of Gawil
Gawilghur
Gawilghur was a well-fortified mountain stronghold of the Maratha Empire north of the Deccan Plateau, in the vicinity of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati District, Maharashtra. It was successfully assaulted by an Anglo-Indian force commanded by Arthur Wellesley on the 15 December 1803 during the...
, who had formerly held all Berar, proclaimed his independence and founded the Imad Shahi dynasty of Berar sultanate. He proceeded to annex Mahur to his new kingdom and had capital at Ellichpur. Imad-ul-Mulk was by birth a Kanarese Hindu, but had been captured as a boy in one of the expeditions against the Vijayanagara empire
Vijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire , referred as the Kingdom of Bisnaga by the Portuguese, was an empire based in South Indian in the Deccan Plateau region. It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of the Yadava lineage. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts...
and reared as a Muslim. Gavilgad and Narnala were also fortified by him.
He died in 1504 and his successor, Ala-ud-din resisted the aggression of Ahmadnagar with the help from Bahadur Shah, sultan of Gujarat. The next ruler, Darya tried to align with Bijapur to prevent aggression of Ahamdnagar, but was unsuccessful. In 1574 when Burhan Imad Shah was deposed by his minister Tufal Khan, and assumed the kingship. This gave a pretext for the intervention of Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar, who invaded Berar, imprisoned and put to death Tufal Khan, his son Shams-ul-Mulk, and the ex-king Burhan, and annexed Berar to his own dominions of Ahmednagar sultanate.
Sultans of Berar from Imad Shahi Dynasty
- Fath-Allah Imad-ul-Mulk 1490 – 1504
- Aladdin Imad Shah 1504 – 1529
- Darya Imad Shah 1529 – 1562
- Burhan Imad Shah 1562 – 1568
- Tufal Khan Dakhni (usurper) 1568 – 1572
Chronology of Events in Berar
- Mahabharat – Berar was Part of Vidarbha Kingdom
- 322 BC-185 BC Under Mauryan Empire
- 100 BC-199 SatavahanaSatavahanaThe Sātavāhana Empire or Andhra Empire, was a royal Indian dynasty based from Dharanikota and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh as well as Junnar and Prathisthan in Maharashtra. The territory of the empire covered much of India from 230 BCE onward...
dynasty - 250 VakatakaVakatakaThe Vākāṭakas were a royal Indian dynasty that originated from the Deccan in the mid-third century CE. Their kingdom is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the south as well as from the Arabian Sea in the western to the...
dynasty starts - 510 Vakataka rules end
- 510–580 Ahirs or Abhira rule for 67 years. Named forts of Gawilgad, Asirgad.
- 5xx-750 Chalukya dynasty
- 750–973 RashtrakutaRashtrakutaThe Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian Subcontinent between the sixth and the 10th centuries. During this period they ruled as several closely related, but individual clans. Rastrakutas in inscriptions represented as descendants of Satyaki, a Yadava well known...
dynasty - 973–1188 Chalukya dynasty again
- 1188- Yadava of Deogiri
- 1292 Invaded by KhiljiKhiljiKhilji may refer to:*Khilji dynasty*Khilji, Nepalas added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special:Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template:Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well....
- 1318 Annexed by Khilji to Delhi Sultanate
- 1348 Become One of five Province of Bahmani SultanateBahmani SultanateThe Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms...
- 1400 Firoz Shah Bahmani Halted at Ellichpur and expedite against Gond of Kherla.
- 1425–1428 Ahmed Shah Wali of Bahmani repaired forts of Gawilgad and NarnalaNarnalaNarnala also known as "Shahanur Fort" is an Indian hill fortress in Maharashtra, India. Narnala was one of the thirteen sarkar of Berar Subah...
- 1478 Bahmani divide Berar into two Province of Gawil and Mahur
- 1490 Imad-ul-Mulk Started Imad Shahi Dynasty of Berar established. Ellichpur made Capital of Berar.
- 1504 Aladdin Imad Shah made Gawilgad his Capital
- 1529 Darya Imad Shah rules until 1562
- 1562 Burhan Imad Shah overthrown in 1568
- 1568 Tufal Khan Dakhni rules until 1572
- 1572 Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmendnagar invaded Berer and annexed to its dominions
- 1596 Chand BibiChand BibiChand Bibi , also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar...
ceded Berar to Akbar. Prince Murad settled at BalapurBalapurBalapur is a city and a municipal council in Akola district in the state of Maharashtra, India.The name Balapur is after the Village Goddess called Baladevi, the temple of which has a very ancient history.-Geography:Balapur is located at...
and made ShahapurShahapurShahapur is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The nearest railway station is Asangaon, which is 85 km from Mumbai CST on the Central railway line. Shahapur is situated around 25 km from Kalyan railway station, 45 km from Thane, and 55 km from...
. - 1598 Murad died. Price Daniyal governs Berar, Kahndesh and Ahmednagar
- 1605 Daniyal died and Malik Ambar governs it.
- 1611 Malik Ambar defied Mughal sovereignty
- 1614 Raja Man Singh, General of JahangirJahangirJahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگیر,meaning "Conqueror of the World"...
dies a natural death at Ellichpur. - 1636-1634 AurangzebAurangzebAbul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
become viceroy of four deccan subah including Berar - 1653–1657 Aurangzeb become viceroy of four deccan subah including Berar for Second time.
- 1680 SambhajiSambhajiSambhaji Raje Bhosle was the eldest son and successor to Emporer Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire.- Early life :...
- 1698 Rajaram
- 1720 Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath got right from MughalMughal EmpireThe Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
to collect revenue from Berar. - 1724 Asif Jah established Nizam State and invaded Berar.
- 1737 Asif Jah and Maratha fight for Supremacy.
- 1760 ceded to MarathaMarathaThe Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...
Peshwa - 1785 Bhosla Raja of Nagpur governs
- 1803 Battle of Adgaon. BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
transferred Berer to Nizam. - 1822 Maratha loses right to tribute
- 1853 British Company maintained Hyderbad Assigned Districts of Nizam.
- 1860 Nizam treaty modified
- 1903 Berar attached to Central Province to make CP&Berar
- 1947 CP& Berar become province of India
- 1950 Berer included in then Madhya Pradesh
- 1956 Berar and Nagpur become part of Bombay State
- 1960 Berar included in new Maharashtra State