Hussain Nizam Shah I

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]

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

Family

Wives

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

Issue

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:

• Bibi Jamila, married Sultan Ibrahim Qutb Shah of Golconda;
• Shah Qasim;
• Shah Mansur;
• Aqa Bibi, married Mir Abdul Wahhab, son of Sayyid Abdul Azum;

See also

• Deccan Sultanates
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate

References

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