The Deccan Sultanates.
The Deccan Sultanates were five medieval Muslim kingdoms: Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar, Berar located in central-southern India. These Sultanates were in the Deccan Highland, between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Mountains. Sultanate of Ahmadnagar
They became independent during the fall of the Sultanate of Bahmani: Bijapur, Ahmednagar and Berar in 1490, Bidar in 1492, and Golconda in 1512. In 1510 Bijapur rejected the invasion by the Portuguese against the city of Goa later lost in the same year.
Although generally rivals, they were allied to the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565. This empire was greatly weakened in the Battle of Talikota. In 1574, after a coup in Berar, Ahmednagar conquered him. In 1619 the Bijapur conquered the Bidar. The Sultanates were later conquered by the Mughal Empire; Berar was invaded in 1596, Ahmednagar between 1616 and 1636, while Golconda and Bijapur from the Aurangzeb campaign between 1686 and 1687.
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