Nasir Shah Farooqui
| Nasir Shah Farooqui | |||||||||
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| Khan Sipah Salar | |||||||||
| 2nd Sultan of Khandesh | |||||||||
| Reign | 28 April 1399 – 18 September 1437 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Khan Farooqui | ||||||||
| Successor | Miran Adil Khan I | ||||||||
| Born | Malik Nasir Khan | ||||||||
| Died | 18 September 1437 Laling, Khandesh Sultanate | ||||||||
| Burial | Thalner, Khandesh Sultanate | ||||||||
| Spouse | A daughter of Dilawar Khan of Malwa[1] | ||||||||
| Issue | Miran Adil Khan I Agha Zainab | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Farooqui | ||||||||
| Father | Ahmad Khan Farooqui | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Nasir-ud-Din Nasir Shah,[a][2] also known as Malik Nasir Khan or Garib Khan, was the second Sultan of the Khandesh Sultanate.[3] He succeeded his father, Ahmad Farooqui, in 1399 and ruled until his death in 1437, a reign of approximately thirty-eight years.[4] Nasir Khan is best remembered for consolidating the sultanate through the strategic capture of Asirgarh fort, founding the city of Burhanpur (which became the dynasty's long-term capital), and navigating complex diplomatic and military relations with neighboring powers like the Gujarat, Malwa, and the Bahmani Sultanates.[5]
Nasir Khan, as a prince, married the daughter of Dilawar Khan, the first sultan of Malwa Sultanate, whereas his sister was married to Dilawar Khan's son, Hoshang Shah.[6] As part of a marriage alliance with the Bahmanis, his daughter Agha Zainab married crown prince Alauddin of Bahmani Sultanate, who later ascended the throne as Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah.[7]
Notes
References
- ↑ Day 1965, p. 22.
- ↑ "1 Falus - Nasir Shah, Khandesh". en.numista.com. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "THE SUCCESSION STATES OF THE DELHI SULTANATE /PART 3/ B. KHANDESH". HISTORY MARG. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Malik Ahmad Raja Faruqi, the founder of the Khandesh Sultanate in Central India || Imam Reza (A.S.) Network". www.imamreza.net. Archived from the original on 6 December 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ Obrock, Luther (1 January 2024). "On the Bilingual Inscriptions of the Fārūqī Sultans of Khandesh". Self-Representation and the Presentation of Others in Indic Epigraphical Writing. doi:10.13173/9783447122306.207.
- ↑ Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401–1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. p. 22.
- ↑ Sherwani, Haroon Khan (1954). Bahmanis of the Deccan. Hyderabad: The Manager of Publications. p. 205.