THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1382–1571

Khandesh Sultanate (Faruqi)

The Faruqi sultanate of the Tapti valley lasted until Akbar took Burhanpur and Asirgarh (1599–1601; Wikipedia 'Farooqui dynasty', 1382–1601). Khandesh was a Mughal tributary from 1577 and annexed in 1601.

Faruqi sultanate of the Tapti valley, often a vassal of Gujarat (Wikipedia 'Farooqui dynasty', 1382–1601; Joppen 1398 map: capital Thalner). Bounded by the Satpuras (Malwa), the Ajanta hills (Bahmani/Ahmadnagar), Berar on the east and Gujarat's Nandurbar district on the west. Continues to 1601.

See Khandesh Sultanate (Faruqi) on the map in 1382

On the map
1382–1571
Capital
Burhanpur; Thalner, later Burhanpur

Rulers named in the sources

More South Asian kingdoms, 1200 BCE–1578

The late Vedic kingdoms of the Kurus, Panchalas and Kashi and the first Mahajanapadas before 600 BCE; the first century of the Anuradhapura kingdom; the last decades of the Gujarat, Khandesh and Malwa sultanates and of the Rajput kingdoms of Marwar, Jaisalmer and Bikaner; and the Deora kingdom of Sirohi and the Garhwal kingdom.

South Asia's regional kingdoms, 1000–1550

Between the Ghaznavid raids and the Mughal conquest, South Asia was shared by dozens of regional states: the Madurai Sultanate in the Tamil country, the sultanates of Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh, the Reddi and Velama kingdoms of Andhra, the Gajapatis of Odisha, the Rajput kingdoms of Mewar and Marwar, the Ahom, Chutia, Kamata and Tripura kingdoms of the north-east, the successors of the Chera Perumals on the Malabar coast, and the Sinhala kingdoms of Gampola, Kotte and Kandy. Few medieval sources describe frontiers.

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