Qasim Barid I
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Qasim Barid I (r.1489-1504) was a prime-minister of the Bahmani sultanate and the founder of the Bidar Sultanate, one of the five late medieval Indian kingdoms, together known as the Deccan sultanates. Qasim Barid was a Turk, domiciled in Georgia. He entered the service of the Bahmani sultan Muhammad Shah III. He later became the prime-minister of the Bahmani sultanate.[1] Some have claimed that Qasim Barid was of Hungarian descent.[2]
Qasim Barid I led one of the first revolts against the Bahmani Sultanate. He was able to get himself made chief of state but had seriously undermined the stability of the kingdom.[3] The Bahmani governors of Junnar, Bijapur and Berar refused to acknowledge the authority of Qasim Barid and in June,1490 Malik Ahmad Nizam-ul-Mulk, the governor of Junnar founded the independent Ahmednagar Sultanate followed by the foundation of the independent Bijapur Sultanate by Yusuf Adil Khan and Berar Sultanate by Fathullh Imad-ul-Mulk in the same year.[4] The founding of the dynasty occurred in 1492.[5]
Qasim Barid died in 1504 and was succeeded by his son Amir Barid I, as the prime minister of the Bahmani Sultanate who also became the de-facto ruler like his father.[1]
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- ^ a b Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2007). The Mughul Empire, Mumbai:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, ISBN 81-7276-407-1, p.466
- ^ QASIM, THE HUNGARIAN FOUNDER OF THE BARID SHAHI DYNASTY OF AHMADABAD BIDR, IN SOUTHERN INDIA - ELLIS s5-VII (178): 408 - Notes and Queries
- ^ Qasim Barid (Bahmani minister) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.268
- ^ webindia123.com-Indian History-Medieval-Delhisultanate-THE BAHMANI DYNASTY OF THE DECCAN
