Baz Bahadur
Baz Bahadur was the last sultan of Malwa , an Islamic sultanate in India. He succeeded his father Shuja'at Khan (ruled 1542–1554), who had divided his kingdom among his three sons. After Baz Bahadur had his brother Daulat Khan murdered in a dispute over the succession in a part of the empire and his other brother had fled, he was raised to sultan of all of Malwa in 1555. He ruled as sultan until 1562, was considered a great patron of the arts, and legends about his love affair with the singer Rupmati have been handed down to this day. The state, however, experienced a decline under his reign, and Baz Bahadur did little to counter the military threat posed by the Mughal empire .
When the army of the Grand Mogul Akbar I attacked the Sultanate of Malwa under General Adham Khan in 1561 , Baz Bahadur was defeated in the Battle of Sarangpur . When Rupmati found out about the defeat, she poisoned herself so as not to fall into the hands of the conqueror. The Sultan was able to flee to Khandesh and, with its ruler Miran Mubarak and the Sultan of Berar, drove back the Mughal army. In 1562 a larger army advanced and won, Baz Bahadur fled into the mountains and repeatedly attacked the troops of the Mughal Empire in the following years. He repeatedly succeeded in recapturing smaller areas only temporarily. Finally, in 1570, he submitted to the Mughal Mughal, who made him commander of a 2,000-strong cavalry army. However, Baz Bahadur died a short time later.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b L. White King: History and coinage of Malwa. In: The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society. Series 4, Volume 3, 1903, ISSN 0078-2696 , pp. 356-398, JSTOR 0078-2696 .
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| SURNAME | Baz Bahadur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sultan of Malwa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |