Hussain_Nizam_Shah_I Knowpia

Hussain Nizam Shah I
Hussain Nizam Shah I
3rd Sultan of Ahmadnagar
Reign	1553–1565
Predecessor	Burhan Nizam Shah I
Successor	Murtaza Nizam Shah I
Died	1565; Ahmednagar
Spouse	Daulat Shah Begum; Khunza Humayun Begum
Issue	Murtaza Nizam Shah I; Chand Bibi; Burhan Nizam Shah II; Bibi Khadija; Bibi Jamila; Shah Qasim; Shah Mansur; Aqa Bibi
House	Nizam Shahi Dynasty
Father	Burhan Nizam Shah I
Mother	Bibi Amina
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Hussain Nizam Shah I (Persian: حسین نظام شاه یکم; 1553–1565) was the preeminent ruler of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate and the leading figure of the coalition of the Deccan Sultanates during the Battle of Talikota.^[1] Notably, Hussain Nizam Shah was responsible for taking prisoner and beheading Rama Raya of Vijayanagara after the Battle of Talikota.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Family edit

Daulat Shah Begum, daughter of Darya Imad Shah;^[5]
Khunza Humayun, a great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Jahan Shah of the Qara Qoyunlu;^[6]

By Khunza Humayun:

Murtaza Nizam Shah I, Sultan of Ahmednagar;
Burhan Nizam Shah II, Sultan of Ahmednagar;
Chand Bibi, married Sultan Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur. Later became regent of Bijapur and Ahmednagar successively;
Bibi Khadija, married Jamal-ud-din Hansan Auju;

By Surraiya Daulat Shah Begum:

^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
^ Rao, P. Raghunadha (1983). History of Modern Andhra. Sterling Publishers. p. 16.
^ Chatterjee, Ramananda (1947). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private, Limited.
^ Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-2651-9.
^ Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. p. 110.
^ Sayyid Ahmad-Ullah Qadri, Memoirs of Chand Bibi: The Princess of Ahmadnagar (1939), p. 48