Delhi sultanate

In 1347, a new independent kingdom emerged that quickly gained prominence in Deccan politics. The Bahmani kingdom was involved. The establishment of this kingdom and Vijayanagar, which had declared its independence in 1336, were separated by merely eleven years. Actually, a rebellion gave birth to the Bahmani kingdom. Numerous military uprisings against Muhammad bin Tughluq took place in the Deccan during the years 1343 to 1351, but he was unable to stop the rise of the Bahmani kingdom. Under the leadership of an Afghan named Mukh, the sadah nobles of Daultabad raised the standard of revolt in 1347. Muhammad bin Tughluq, however, was unable to put down this uprising because of a more serious uprising against the Sultan in Gujarat. Another resourceful adventure took advantage of Muhammad bin Tughluq's urgent concerns regarding numerous recalcitrant elements in the Deccan and in northern India. In 1347, Hasan Gangu was successful in establishing his rule as Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah. Thus, he established the Bahmani kingdom, which, along with the Vijayanagar Empire, was destined to have a significant impact on the Deccan peninsula's history. Early on, the Bahmani kingdom was a small one. Its core was the Berar region, whose northern and southern borders reached the Telingana region and the provinces of Malwa and Khandesh, respectively. The Khaljis of Malwa, the Faruqis of Khandesh, the Muzaffarids of Gujarat, the Rajas of Orissa (toward the northeast), the Kakatiyas of Warangal, and the emperors of Vijayanagar in the south were among the neighbours with whom the Bahmani kingdom experienced conflict from the outset. Being surrounded, the Bahmani kingdom had to defend itself from attacks from the northern kingdoms and fought countless battles from the beginning to bring the various independent Deccan kings under control. The Bahmani rulers also had to take care of occupying the Raichur Doab and preventing the expansion of the territories of their neighbours, particularly Vijayanagar. Large-scale massacres were carried out with ruthlessness by the Bahmani Sultans. They brutally punished and tyrannised their subjects, treating them like "hewers of wood and drawers of water."