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3. Mallu'Adil Shah reigned A.H. 941 [7 mos.] (A.D. 1534—1535). 



4. Ibrahim I „ A.H. 941—965 (A.D. 1535—1557). 



5. 'All I „ A.H. 965— 988 (A.D. 15^7— 1580). 



6. Ibrahim II „ A.H. 988—1037 (A.D. 1580—1627). 



7. Muhammad ,, A.H. 1037—1067 (A.D. 1627— 1656). 



8. 'All II ,, A.H. 1067—1083 (A.D. 1656—1672). 



9. Sikandar ,, A.H. 1083— 1097 (A.D. 1672—1686). 



The last king, Sikandar, deposed by Aurangzeb in A.H, 

 1097, died three years later. 



It may be noted that the entire period of the rule of the 

 dynasty was a little more than 200 lunar years, or from A.H. 



200 



1489-1686. 



Genealogical Tree of the 'Adil Shahi kings of Bijapur 



1. Yusaf 



2. Isma'il 



3. Mallu 4. Ibrahim I 



I 

 5. 'AH I Tahmasp 



i 



6. Ibrahim II 



7. Muhammad 



8. 'All II 



9. Hikandar 



This table shows that Ibrahim I was a brother of Mallu, 

 and Ibrahim II a nephew of 'All I, and that with these two 

 exceptions each king was a son of his immediate predecessor 

 on the throne. 



Controversy still gathers round the question as to the 

 parentage of Yusaf, the founder of the dynasty, but, wbence- 

 soever sprung, he rose to influence at the court of Sultan 

 Muhammad Shah III of the BahmanI dynasty of KuVbarga, 

 who, when appointing him Governor of the Bijapur District, 

 conferred on him the title of 'Adil Khan. On this Sultan s 

 death internal dissensions hastened the disintegration of the 

 Bahmanl kingdom. " Yusaf 'Adil KJian, collecting around 



