Hussain Nizam Shah I

Hussain Nizam Shah I
Husain Nizam Shah I on the Throne, Folio from manuscript Ta’rif-i Husain Shahi, Ahmadnagar, ca. 1565-69
3rd Sultan of Ahmadnagar
Reign9 February 1554 – 6 June 1565
PredecessorBurhan Nizam Shah I
SuccessorMurtaza Nizam Shah I
Born1540
Died6 June 1565(1565-06-06) (aged 24–25)
Ahmednagar
SpouseDaulat Shah Begum
Khunza Humayun Begum
IssueMurtaza Nizam Shah I
Chand Bibi
Burhan Nizam Shah II
Bibi Khadija
Bibi Jamila
Shah Qasim
Shah Mansur
Aqa Bibi
HouseNizam Shahi
FatherBurhan Nizam Shah I
MotherBibi Amina
ReligionTwelver Shia Islam

Hussain Nizam Shah I (Persian: حسین نظام شاه یکم; 1540 – 6 June 1565) was the Sultan of Ahmadnagar from 9 February 1554 until his death in 1565. He ascended the throne at age thirteen after his father's death in 1554, upon which his five brothers fled the kingdom.In 1555 he faced the uprising of Raja Bahirji, the governor of the forts of Galna and Baglana alongwith Dannaya Rai, the governor of Antur Fort. Hussain Nizam Shah I, however, was successful in recapturing the forts and bringing them again under submission.

Husain Nizam Shah was the leading figure of the coalition of the Deccan Sultanates during the Battle of Talikota. Notably, Hussain Nizam Shah was responsible for taking prisoner and beheading Rama Raya of Vijayanagara after the Battle of Talikota.

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  2. ↑ Radhey, Shyam (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar (1 ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. p. 141. ISBN 978-81-208-2651-9.
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  8. ↑ Chatterjee, Ramananda (1947). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private, Limited.
  9. ↑ Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-2651-9.
  10. ↑ Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. p. 110.
  11. ↑ Sayyid Ahmad-Ullah Qadri, Memoirs of Chand Bibi: The Princess of Ahmadnagar (1939), p. 48