List of sultans of Malwa

Sultan of Malwa
Sultan of Malwa
	Last to reign; Baz Bahadur; 1555–1562
Details
First monarch	Dilawar Khan
Last monarch	Baz Bahadur
Formation	1401
Abolition	1562
Appointer	Hereditary

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate was the principal title of the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate (1401–1561/2) in the Indian subcontinent. ^[1]^[2] The Sultanate was founded by Dilawar Khan, an Afghan or a Turko-Afghan^[3] governor of the Delhi Sultanate.^[4] In 1437, the Ghurid dynasty of Dilawar Khan was replaced by the Turko-Afghan Khalji dynasty, which was related to the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate

Royal Title	Personal name	Reign
Dilawar Khan was appointed as the governor of Malwa province in 1392 by the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. He declared himself independent in 1401 by establishing Malwa Sultanate. He was the first Sultan of Malwa from Ghurid dynasty.^[8]
Sultan سلطان	Dilawar Khan Ghuri دلاور خان غوری	1401–1406
Sultan سلطان	Husam-ud-Din Hoshang Shah حسام الدین ہوشنگ شاہ	1406–1435
Sultan سلطان	Taj-ud-Din Muhammad Shah تاج الدین محمد شاہ	1435–1436
Ghurid dynasty replaced by Khilji dynasty^[8]
Sultan سلطان	Ala-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I علاؤالدین محمود شاہ اول	1436–1469
Sultan سلطان	Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah غیاث الدین شاہ	1469–1500
Sultan سلطان	Nasir-ud-Din Shah ناصر الدین شاہ	1500–1510
Sultan سلطان	Shihab-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II شہاب الدین محمود شاہ دوئم	1510–1519
The Rajput ruler of Mewar Maharana Sanga defeated and imprisoned Mahmud Shah II and conquered most of Malwa.^[9]^[10]
Raja	Medini Rai^[11] (ruled as a vassal of Rana Sanga)	1519-1527
The interregnum; as the Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah defeated Mahmud Shah II and himself reigned as the Sultan of Malwa.^[12]
Sultan سلطان	Bahadur Shah بہادر شاہ	1531 – 1537
Mughal Emperor Humayun defeated Sultan Bahadur Shah and briefly occupied Malwa for a year in between 1535-1536.^[13]
1537-1555; era of semi-independent governors of Sur Empire.
Wali ولی	Shuja’at Khan شجاعت خان	1537 – 1542
Wali ولی	Isa Khan عیسیٰ خان	1542 – 1545
Wali ولی	Shuja’at Khan شجاعت خان	1545 – 1552
Sultan سلطان	Baz Bahadur باز بہادر	1555 – 1561/2
Malwa Sultanate was abolished in 1562 after Baz Bahadur's defeat against Mughal army.^[13]

Family tree

Ghurid Dynasty

Dilawar Khan
?-1406
Governor of Malwa
R.1391–1401
Sultan of Malwa
R.1401–1406

Hoshang Shah
Sultan of Malwa
R.1406–1435

Muhammad Shah
Sultan of Malwa
R.1435–1436

Khalji Dynasty

Mahmud Shah I
Sultan of Malwa
R.1436–1469

Ghiyath Shah
Sultan of Malwa
R.1469–1500

Nasir Shah
Sultan of Malwa
R.1500–1510

Mahmud Shah II
Sultan of Malwa
R.1510–1531

References

^ Singh, V. P. (1 January 2014). Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part). Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-93-86237-33-0.
^ "Malwa Sultanate, Amirs of Sind -". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ Keay, John (12 April 2011). India: A History. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-9550-0.
^ Haig, T.W. & Islam, Riazul (1991). "Mālwā". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VI: Mahk–Mid. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
^ Wink, André (2004). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. p. 140. ISBN 90-04-13561-8. The Subsequent Khalji dynasty (1436-1531) had the same origin as the Khalji dynasty of Delhi...
^ Hadi, Nabi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-311-3. Originally he belonged to a neighborhood of Bukhara, and after much wandering across the cities of the Islamic world, at last, came to settle in Mandu, capital city of the Independent Sultans of Malwah claiming descent from the Khalji clan, the Turko-Afghan mixture.
^ Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781789140101.
^ ^a ^b Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. pp. 8–24. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ Sharma, Dasharatha (1970). Lectures on Rajput History and Culture. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8426-0262-4. Early 16th century marks the rise of patriotic one eyed chief of Mewar named as Rana Sanga who defeat several of his neighbor kingdom and establish Rajput hold on Malwa first time after fall of Parmara dynasty through series of victories over Malwa,Gujarat and Delhi Sultanate.
^ Sharma, Gopi Nath (1954). Mewar & the Mughal Emperors (1526-1707 A.D.). S.L. Agarwala. pp. 17–18.
^ Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2002). History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 156. ISBN 978-81-269-0123-4.
^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.173-86
^ ^a ^b Chandra, Satish (2007). Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II. pp. 103–104.

External links

[1] Singh, V. P. (1 January 2014). Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part). Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-93-86237-33-0.

[:2-2] "Malwa Sultanate, Amirs of Sind -". Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[3] Keay, John (12 April 2011). India: A History. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-9550-0.

[4] Haig, T.W. & Islam, Riazul (1991). "Mālwā". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VI: Mahk–Mid. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.

[5] Wink, André (2004). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. p. 140. ISBN 90-04-13561-8. The Subsequent Khalji dynasty (1436-1531) had the same origin as the Khalji dynasty of Delhi...

[6] Hadi, Nabi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-311-3. Originally he belonged to a neighborhood of Bukhara, and after much wandering across the cities of the Islamic world, at last, came to settle in Mandu, capital city of the Independent Sultans of Malwah claiming descent from the Khalji clan, the Turko-Afghan mixture.

[7] Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781789140101.

[:0-8] Day, Upendra Nath (1965). Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. pp. 8–24. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[9] Sharma, Dasharatha (1970). Lectures on Rajput History and Culture. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8426-0262-4. Early 16th century marks the rise of patriotic one eyed chief of Mewar named as Rana Sanga who defeat several of his neighbor kingdom and establish Rajput hold on Malwa first time after fall of Parmara dynasty through series of victories over Malwa,Gujarat and Delhi Sultanate.

[10] Sharma, Gopi Nath (1954). Mewar & the Mughal Emperors (1526-1707 A.D.). S.L. Agarwala. pp. 17–18.

[11] Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2002). History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 156. ISBN 978-81-269-0123-4.

[majumdar-12] Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.173-86

[:1-13] Chandra, Satish (2007). Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II. pp. 103–104.

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Sultan of Malwa

Last to reign Baz Bahadur 1555–1562


Details
First monarch	Dilawar Khan
Last monarch	Baz Bahadur
Formation	1401
Abolition	1562
Appointer	Hereditary