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The
foundation of this historic city was laid during the reign
of the Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani between the tenth and
Eleventh centuries. They called it Vijayapure, the “City of Victory”,
from which comes its present name Bijapur. Bijapur came under
Muslim influence, first under Allaudin Khilji, the Sultan
of Delhi, towards the end of the 13th century, and then under
the Bahamani kings of Bidar in 1347. |
In
1481, Mohammed III, one of the Bahamani Sultans, appointed
Yusuf Adil Khan as the Governor of Bijapur, one of the sons
of Sultan Mahmud II of Turkey. Yusuf Adil Khan fled from
his country on the death of his father, to escape the massacre
of crown prince in the battle for succession to the throne.
Mahmud Gavan, the Prime Minister of Mohammed III, purchased
him as a slave. |
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