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Ali Adil Shah II

d. 1672 · 17th century

Ali Adil Shah II ruled the Bijapur Sultanate from 1656 to 1672. His reign opened with a Mughal invasion under Aurangzeb and saw the rise of Shivaji, who killed the Bijapuri general Afzal Khan in 1659 and carved a Maratha state out of Bijapur's western lands. Bijapur repulsed a Mughal army under Jai Singh in 1665–1666, and the court poet Nusrati wrote major works of Dakhni literature under his patronage.

Ali Adil Shah II
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Bijapur SultanateImpact, Decline

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