About the Book: Gulbarga Bidar Bijapur
The magnificent monuments of Gulbarga, Bidar and Bijapur in northern Karnataka
are manifestations of a vibrant culture that flourished under the rule of the
Bahmani and Adil Shahi sultans during the 14th to 17th centuries. The wealth of
these rulers derived from the lucrative trade routes that traversed the Deccan
plateau, while the splendour of their courts owed much to an open immigration
policy by which gifted individuals from other parts of India, as well as from
the Middle East and Central Asia, were encouraged to settle.
Though the Bahmanis were supplanted partly by the Adil Shahis at the