Qasim Barid I

Qasim Barid I (r.1489-1504) was a prime-minister of the Bahmani sultanate and the founder of the Bidar Sultanate, one of the five late medieval Indian kingdoms, together known as the Deccan sultanates. Qasim Barid was a Turk, domiciled in Georgia. He entered the service of the Bahmani sultan Muhammad Shah III. He later became the prime-minister of the Bahmani sultanate.^[1] Some have claimed that Qasim Barid was of Hungarian descent.^[2]

Qasim Barid I led one of the first revolts against the Bahmani Sultanate. He was able to get himself made chief of state but had seriously undermined the stability of the kingdom.^[3] The Bahmani governors of Junnar, Bijapur and Berar refused to acknowledge the authority of Qasim Barid and in June,1490 Malik Ahmad Nizam-ul-Mulk, the governor of Junnar founded the independent Ahmednagar Sultanate followed by the foundation of the independent Bijapur Sultanate by Yusuf Adil Khan and Berar Sultanate by Fathullh Imad-ul-Mulk in the same year.^[4] The founding of the dynasty occurred in 1492.^[5]

Qasim Barid died in 1504 and was succeeded by his son Amir Barid I, as the prime minister of the Bahmani Sultanate who also became the de-facto ruler like his father.^[1]

[edit] References