{ "id": "ep84f1wdz1", "slug": "ali-barid-shah-i", "title": "Ali Barid Shah I", "updated": "2026-10-15", "topic_path": [ { "id": "society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society" }, { "id": "society.history", "label": "History and archaeology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history" }, { "id": "society.history.asia", "label": "Asian history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.india", "label": "India and South Asia", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia.india" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.india.regional-sultanates", "label": "Regional sultanates (1350 to 1700)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia.india.regional-sultanates" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.india.regional-sultanates.deccan-sultanates", "label": "Deccan sultanates", "api_url": 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southern India, reigning from 1542 to 1580.[1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) He commanded Barid Shahi troops at the [Battle of Talikota](https://www.edgepedia.org/battle-of-talikota) in 1565,[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [4](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm) and presided over the period of his dynasty's greatest cultural splendor. \n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Reign | 1542–1580[1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) |\n| Predecessor | Amir Barid, his father[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) |\n| Successor | Ibrahim Barid Shah (r. 1580–1587), his son[4](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm) • [1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) |\n| Major war | Battle of Talikota, 1565, defeat of Vijayanagar by a Deccan sultanate alliance[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [4](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm) |\n| Cultural patronage | Translation of Nizami's Khamsa into Dakhni; Rangin Mahal; his own tomb[2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) • [3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) |\n| Death | 988/1580-81 per Encyclopaedia Iranica; 1580 per other accounts[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) |\n\n## Accession and family\n\nAli Barid succeeded his father Amir Barid, who had ruled Bidar until 1542.[1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/)\n\nThe dynasty remained, unlike some of its fellow Deccan princes, resolutely Sunni in faith.[5](https://erenow.org/postclassical/new-islamic-dynasties-chronological-genealogical-manual/170.php)\n\n## Reign: policies, administration, and wars\n\nAccording to the *Encyclopaedia Iranica*, Ali Barid ruled for thirty-seven years, a period described as the [Barid Shahi dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/barid-shahi-dynasty)'s greatest cultural splendor.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) He was a scholar, a calligrapher, and a connoisseur: he translated the [Khamsa of Nizami](https://www.edgepedia.org/khamsa-of-nizami) into Dakhni, patronized the painter [Farrukh Beg](https://www.edgepedia.org/farrukh-beg), rebuilt the Rangin Mahal, and built his own tomb-garden west of the fort in the Persian Charbagh manner.[2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) Iranica counts his own tomb and the Rangin Mahal, a palace adorned with wood carving and mother-of-pearl work, as the most important specimens of Barid Shahi architecture.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/)\n\nThe kingdom's last moment of political glory came in 972/1565, when Barid Shahi troops under Ali Barid's command played a distinguished role in the battle of Talikota, where a confederacy of the [Deccan sultanates](https://www.edgepedia.org/deccan-sultanates) overthrew the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/)\n\n## Political influence\n\nAli Barid proclaimed himself an independent prince.[5](https://erenow.org/postclassical/new-islamic-dynasties-chronological-genealogical-manual/170.php) His patronage fixed the dynasty's lasting monuments: the Rangin Mahal and the royal tomb-garden at Bidar remained the dynasty's principal architectural legacy.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) His Dakhni translation of the Khamsa of Nizami placed him among the patrons of the Dakhni language at court.[2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/)\n\nThe dynasty's fortunes declined after Ali's death, and the Adil Shahis of Bijapur eventually seized Bidar.[5](https://erenow.org/postclassical/new-islamic-dynasties-chronological-genealogical-manual/170.php) A Turkish encyclopedia account records that [Ibrahim Adil Shah II](https://www.edgepedia.org/ibrahim-adil-shah-ii) defeated the Barid Shahis in 1619 and annexed Bidar, ending the dynasty.[6](https://cdn2.islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dosya/5/C05002136.pdf)\n\n## Military style\n\nAli Barid commanded Barid Shahi troops at Talikota in 1565, where his contingent fought within a confederacy of the four Deccani sultanates and was credited with a distinguished role in the victory over Vijayanagar.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) • [4](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm) The reign's other recorded military outcome was defensive and unfavorable: the surrender of three forts to Ahmadnagar in the early 1540s under pressure from the Nizam Shahi court.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/)\n\n## End of the reign and succession\n\nThe successor was Ibrahim Barid Shah, who reigned from 1580 to 1587.[4](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm) • [1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) The exact year of Ali's death is stated differently across references: Encyclopaedia Iranica gives 988/1580-81,[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) while the Dakhni history site and the e-PG Pathshala module close his reign at 1580.[2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/) • [1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) The accession year is likewise given as 1542 by the Indian academic module[1](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf) and as 950/1543-44, the year of his coronation in Bidar, by Iranica.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/)\n\n## Historians' assessment\n\nIranica treats the thirty-seven years of Ali Barid's rule as the dynasty's period of greatest cultural splendor and its 1565 campaign as the kingdom's last moment of political glory.[3](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/) The New Islamic Dynasties manual records that the dynasty's fortunes declined after Ali's death and that the Adil Shahis of Bijapur seized Bidar.[5](https://erenow.org/postclassical/new-islamic-dynasties-chronological-genealogical-manual/170.php) The Dakhni history site presents him as the first of the family to fully adopt the royal style, and a scholar-patron who translated the Khamsa of Nizami into Dakhni, patronized the painter Farrukh Beg, rebuilt the Rangin Mahal, and built his own tomb-garden.[2](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Art and Architecture of Bahamani and Baridshahi Sultanates (e-PG Pathshala, INFLIBNET)](https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001803/M028950/ET/1523277222P14-M11-ArtandArchitectureofBahamaniandBaridshahiSultanates-ET.pdf)\n2. [Bidar, Dakhni.org](https://dakhni.org/cities/bidar/)\n3. [BARĪDŠĀHĪ DYNASTY - Encyclopaedia Iranica](https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baridsahi-a-dynasty-of-indo-muslim-kings-of-the-deccan-plateau-that-ruled-from-897-1491-92-to-1028-1619-in-one-of-the-five/)\n4. [Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdom of Bidar](https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBidar.htm)\n5. [The Barīd Shāhīs - New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual](https://erenow.org/postclassical/new-islamic-dynasties-chronological-genealogical-manual/170.php)\n6. [el-BERİKATÜ'l-MAHMÜDİYYE (İslâm Ansiklopedisi)](https://cdn2.islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dosya/5/C05002136.pdf)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › History and archaeology › Asian history › India and South Asia › Regional sultanates (1350 to 1700) › Deccan sultanates › Successor sultanates*\n\n*Initially written Sep 23, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-barid-shah-i", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-barid-shah-i.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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