INTRODUCTION

THE first idea of compiling information about the different districts of the Bombay Presidency

conceived as far back as 1843, was in the form of Statistical Accounts. The Government called on the

Revenue Commissioner to obtain from all the Collectors as part of their next Annual Report, the fullest

available information regarding their district Government remarked that as Collectors and their

Assistants during the large portion of the year moved about the district in constant and intimate

communication with all classes, they possessed advantage which no other public officers enjoyed of

PREFACE

THIS VOLUME ENTITLED "'HISTORY, PARI II—MEDIAEVAL PERIOD” is one of the eight General


Volumes proposed to be published by the Gazetteers Department. The Volume is entirely contributed

by the Executive Editor and Secretary.

My thanks are due to Shri P. Setu Madhava Rao, former Executive Editor and Secretary for

reading the manuscript of the present Volume and to Dr. P. N. Chopra, Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. V. V.

Mirashi and Dr. C. D. Deshpande, Members of the Editorial Board and Shri K. P. Nadkarni, Deputy

Secretary, General Administration Department, for carefully going through the Foreword and making

very valuable suggestions.

DYNASTIC

DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES


(1) The Bahamani Dynasty of the Deccan.

(2) The Nizam Shahi Dynasty of Ahmadnagar.

(3) The Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur.

(4) The Imad Shahi Dynasty of Berar.

(5) The Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golconda.

(6) The Barid Shahi Dynasty of Bidar.

(7) The Faruqi Dynasty of Khandesh.