Ali Adil Shah I ( fa, ; 1558–1579) was the fifth

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of Bijapur Sultanate. On the day of his coronation Ali abandoned the

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practices and reintroduced the Shi’ah Khutbah and other practices. The Persian doctors of religion were granted full freedom to preach the Shi’ah doctrine and were paid by the State for their missionary activities. The new Sultan restored back to power the Afāqis while relegating the Deccanis to a position of insignificance. He subverted all the dogmatic experiments which his father had practiced. ChandBibiHawking

Marriage

He married the famous woman warrior Chand Sultana, daughter of Nizam Shahis of Ahmadnagar.

Reign

During Ali's reign

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and Vijayanagar came very close to each other and Ali actually paid a visit to Vijayanagar City, where Ramaraya received him with great pomp and honour. The greatest event of Ali's reign was the successful formation of the confederacy of the Deccan Sultans against Vijayanagar and their victory over the latter at the Battle of Rakkasagi – Tangadagi in Talikoti in 1565. As a result of this battle

’s southern boundary was extended right up to the city of Vijayanagar, and further it opened the gates for the future expansion of

further south. Consequently, at the end of Ali's reign, the

Kingdom extended up to port of Honavar on the west coast and southern boundary extended along the line of

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and Tungabhadra rivers.

Developments

During Ali's reign diplomatic relations with the Mughal Emperor

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were established and envoys were exchanged.

Succession

In 1579, Ali having no son, appointed his nephew

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, son of his brother Tahamasif, as his successor. In the same year, Ali was assassinated by a eunuch,''Tohfut-ul-mujahideen: An Historical Work in the Arabic Language'' By ''Zayn al-Dīn b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al- Malībārī'' (Translated into English by Lt. M.J. Rowlandson) and was buried in Ali Ka Rouza near Sakaf Rouza in

References

* Wakiyate Mamlakate Bijapur by Basheeruddin Dehelvi. * Tareekhe Farishta by Kasim Farishta * External Relation of Bijapur Adil Shahis. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali Adil Shah I 1579 deaths Sultans of Bijapur Adil Shahi dynasty 16th-century Indian monarchs 1579 in India 1558 in India 16th-century Indian Muslims Year of birth unknown 1558 births Murdered Indian monarchs Converts to Shia Islam from Sunni Islam Critics of Sunni Islam 16th-century murdered monarchs Murder in 1579