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Qasim Barid

d. 1504 · 15th century · Also known as Qasim Barid I

Qasim Barid was a Turkic noble who became chief minister of the declining Bahmani Sultanate in the 1490s and controlled its last sultans from Bidar. He founded the Barid Shahi dynasty, and his son Amir Barid continued to rule in the Bahmanis' name before his descendants took the royal title as sultans of Bidar.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Qasim Barid. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/qasim-barid
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