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The Mughal Period and Transition [c. 1526 CE-1707 CE]

 

Rulers

 

NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST

Ghazi Khan Chak line

Ghazi Khan Chak c. 1561 CE–1563 CE
Husayn Shah c. 1563 CE–1570 CE
Muhammad 'Ali Shah c. 1570 CE–1579 CE
Yusuf Shah c. 1579 CE–1586 CE
Ya'qub Shah c. 1586 CE–1588 CE

 

Arghun [c. 1520 CE–1591 CE]

 

NORTH

Sultans of Kashmir [c. 1339 CE–1588 CE]

Shah Mir Swati line
CONTINUED
Muhammad Shah (3rd reign) c. 1516 CE–1528 CE
Ibrahim Shah (1st reign) c. 1528 CE–1529 CE
Nadir Shah c. 1529 CE–1530 CE
Muhammad Shah (4th reign) c. 1530 CE–1537 CE
Shams al-Din c. 1537 CE–1540 CE
Isma'il Shah (1st reign) c. 1540 CE
[Mirza Haydar Dughlat (Mughal governor)] [c. 1540 CE–1551 CE]
Nadir Shah (2nd reign) c. 1551 CE–1552 CE
Ibrahim Shah (2nd reign) c. 1552 CE–1555 CE
Isma'il Shah (2nd reign) c. 1555 CE–1557 CE
Habib Shah c. 1557 CE–1561 CE

 

NORTH-CENTER

Mughal

Zahir al-Din Babur c. 1526 CE–1530 CE
Humayun (1st reign) c. 1530 CE–1540 CE
 
Humayun (2nd reign) c. 1555 CE–1556 CE
Akbar I c. 1556 CE–1605 CE
Jahangir c. 1605 CE–1627 CE
Dawar Baksh c. 1627 CE–1628 CE
Shah Jahan I c. 1628 CE–1658 CE
                    [Murad Bakhsh (in Gujarat)] [c. 1657 CE]
                    [Shah Shuja (in Bengal)] [c. 1657 CE–1659 CE]
                    [Dara Shikoh (in Agra)] [c. 1657 CE–1659 CE]
Aurangzeb c. 1658 CE–1707 CE
                    [A'zam Shah (in northern India)] [c. 1707 CE]
                    [Kam Baksh (in Deccan)] [c. 1707 CE–1709 CE]
Shah 'Alam I Bahadur c. 1707 CE–1712 CE
                    ['Azim al-Sha'n Muhammad 'Azim (claimant)] [c. 1712 CE]
Jahandar c. 1712 CE–1713 CE
Farrukh-siyar c. 1713 CE–1719 CE
‘Abd Allah Khan c. 1719 CE
Rafi' al-Darajat c. 1719 CE
Rafi‘ al-Daulah c. 1719 CE
Shah Jahan II c. 1719 CE
Niku-siyar Muhammad c. 1719 CE
                    [Ibrahim] [c. 1720 CE]
Muhammad Shah c. 1719 CE–1748 CE
Ahmad Shah Bahadur c. 1748 CE–1754 CE
Alamgir II c. 1754 CE–1759 CE
                    [Shah Jahan III] [c. 1759 CE]
Shah Alam II (1st reign) c. 1759 CE–1788 CE
Bidar Bakht c. 1788 CE
Shah Alam II (2nd reign) c. 1788 CE–1806 CE
Akbar II c. 1806 CE–1837 CE
Bahadur Shah II c. 1837–1858 CE

 

Suri Dynasty (c. 1540 CE-1555 CE)

Sher Shah Sur c. 1540 CE–1545 CE
Islam Shah c. 1545–1554 A.D.
Muhammad V c. 1554 CE
Ibrahim Khan III c. 1554 CE–1555 CE
Ahmad Khan Sikandar Shah III c. 1555 CE

 

WEST

Sultans of Gujarat [c. 1403 CE–1583 CE]

CONTINUED
Mahmud Shah II c. 1526 CE
Bahadur Shah (1st reign) c. 1526 CE–1535 CE
[Mughal occupation] [c. 1535 CE–1536 CE]
Bahadur Shah (2nd reign) c. 1536 CE–1537 CE
Mahmud Shah III c. 1537 CE–1554 CE
Ahmad Shah III c. 1554 CE–1561 CE
Muzaffar Shah III (1st reign) c. 1561 CE-1573 CE
[Mughal occupation ] [c. 1573 CE–1583 CE]
Muzaffar Shah III (2nd reign) c. 1583 CE

 

Nizam Shahi (Ahmadnagar) [c. 1490 CE–1636 CE]

Ahmad Nizam Shah Bahri c. 1490 CE–1509 CE
Burhan I c. 1509 CE–1554 CE
Husayn I c. 1554 CE-1565 CE
Murtaza I c. 1565 CE–1589 CE
Husayn II c. 1589 CE–1590 CE
Isma'il c. 1590 CE–1591 CE
Burhan II c. 1591 CE–1595 CE
Ibrahim c. 1595 CE
Bahadur [Mughal capture of Ahmadnagar] c. 1595 CE–1600 CE
Murtada II c. 1600 CE–1610 CE
Burhan III c. 1610 CE–1632 CE
Husayn III c. 1632 CE–1633 CE

 

Imad Shahi Dynasty / Sultans of Berar [c. 1490 CE-1572 CE]

Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk c. 1490 CE–1504 CE
Aladdin Imad Shah c. 1504 CE–1529 CE
Darya Imad Shah c. 1529 CE–1562 CE
Burhan Imad Shah c. 1562 CE–1568 CE
Tufail Khan c. 1568 CE–1572 CE

 

'Adil Shahi (Bijapur) [c. 1489 CE–1686 CE]

Yusuf 'Adil Khan c. 1490 CE–1510 CE
Isma'il c. 1510 CE–1534 CE
Mallu c. 1534 CE–1535 CE
Ibrahim I c. 1535 CE–1558 CE
'Ali I c. 1558 CE–1580 CE
Ibrahim II c. 1580 CE–1627 CE
Muhammad c. 1627 CE–1657 CE
'Ali II c. 1657 CE-1673 CE
Sikandar c. 1673 CE–1686 CE

 

Barid Shahi (Bidar) [c. 1487 CE–1619 CE] [1]

Qasim Barid I c. 1492 CE–1504 CE
Amir Barid I c. 1504 CE–1542 CE
Ali Barid Shah I c. 1542 CE–1580 CE
Ibrahim Barid Shah c. 1580 CE–1587 CE
Qasim Barid Shah II c. 1587 CE–1591 CE
Ali Barid Shah II c. 1591 CE
Amir Barid Shah II c. 1591 CE–1600 CE
Mirza Ali Barid Shah III c. 1600 CE–1609 CE
Amir Barid Shah III [2] c. 1609 CE–1619 CE

 

Maratha (Bhonsale/ Chhatrapati) [c. 1674 - ]

Shivaji c. 1674 CE–1680 CE
Sambhaji c. 1680 CE–1689 CE
Rajaram Chhatrapati c. 1689 CE–1700 CE

 

SOUTH

Qutb Shahi (Sultanate of Golconda) [c. 1496 CE–1687 CE]

Sultan Quli Khwass Khan Baharlu c. 1497 CE–1543 CE
Yar Quli Jamshid c. 1543 CE–1550 CE
Subhan c. 1550 CE
Ibrahim c. 1550 CE–1580 CE
Muhammad Quli c. 1580 CE–1612 CE
Muhammad c. 1612 CE–1626 CE
'Abdullah c. 1626 CE–1672 CE
Abu'l Hasan c. 1672 CE–1687 CE

 

Tuluva Dynasty [3] [c. late 15th century CE-1576 CE]

Īśvara Nāyaka  
Narasa Nāyaka  
Vīra Narasimha c. 1505 CE-1509 CE
Krishnadeva Rāya c. 1509 CE-1529 CE [4]
Achyutadeva Rāya c. 1529 CE-1542 CE [5]
Venkata I c. 1542 CE
Salakaraju Tirumala (maternal uncle of Venkata I) c. 1542 CE
Sadāśiva c. 1542 CE-1576 CE

 

Aravīḍu Dynasty [6] [c. 1570 CE-1669 CE] [7]

Aravīṭi Bukka  
Rāmarāja  
Sriranga  
Tirumala c. 1570 CE-1572 CE
Śrīranga I c. 1572 CE-1585 CE
Venkata II c. 1585 CE-1614 CE
Śrīranga II c. 1614 CE
Rāmadevarāya c. 1618 CE-1630 CE
Peda Venkata or Venkata III c. 1630 CE-1642 CE[8]
Śrīranga III c. 1642 CE-1672 CE[9]

 

The Wodeyars of Mysore [c. 1578 CE-1947 CE]

Timmaraja Wodeyar II c. 1553 CE–1572 CE
Bola Chamaraja Wodeyar IV c. 1572 CE–1576 CE
Chamaraja Wodeyar V c. 1576 CE–1578 CE
Raja Wodeyar I c. 1578 CE–1617 CE
Chamaraja Wodeyar VI c. 1617 CE–1637 CE
Raja Wodeyar II c. 1637 CE–1638 CE
(Ranadhira) Kanthirava Narasaraja c. 1638 CE-1659 CE[10]
Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar c. 1659 CE–1673 CE
Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar c. 1673 CE–1704 CE
Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II c. 1704 CE–1714 CE
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