i want to know about chand bibi a female ruler of india in medival period.?

Answer 1

Chand Bibi's formal name was Chand Sultana, and she was the daughter of Husain Nizam Shahi I, another of the Bahmani Sultans who should have been just a governor responsible to the Bahmani Sultan at Bidar, but who broke away like all the other three governors.


Ibrahim was a musician, poet, and philosopher, and it is likely that is the way he would have wanted to be remembered.

Because of this, perhaps we should not be including him as one of the warrior kings of India. Many of our kings were also inclined to art/music, literature/architecture/religion; nonetheless, they were warriors first.

Be that as it may, Ibrahim II was one of the more important South Indian rulers of the years between the fall of the Tughlak empire - possibly the shortest-lived of empires encompassing all of India - and the absorption of the south into the Mughul Empire.

And if nothing else, his reign is worth covering because of his remarkable aunt, surely among the most powerful women in Indian history.


Chand Bibi and Ibrahim II's Regents

The military story of Ibrahim II's early years is really the story of Chand Bibi.

The first of Ibrahim II's regents was Kamal Khan Deccani [Kamal Khan of the Deccan]. But he showed disrespect to Chand Bibi, so she plotted to have Deccani killed and replaced by Haji Kishvar Khan, who became second regent.

Like his predecessor, Haji Kishvar Khan assumed unbridled power in Bijapur. At first he did well, defeating at Dharaseo an invasion mounted by the Ahmadnagar Shahi sultan. The Ahmadnagar Shahis were another of the independent Bahmani rulers during the period of the Bahmani Sultanate's decline. The regent's victory was an overwhelming one, with all the artillery and elephants of the invading army falling to the Bijapur forces.

But then trouble began. The second regent, Haji Kishvar Khan, issued orders to the Bijapur generals to surrender, to him, all captured elephants. These animals were highly valued, and understandably, the generals, many of them princes in their own right, took great offense, retaliating by working to replace him with Mustafa Khan. Though Majumdar does not specifically say, presumably for lack of space, Chand Bibi must have been at the heart of this move.
Unfortunately, Haji Kishvar Khan learned of the conspiracy and had Mustafa Khan assassinated.*

This so enraged Chand Bibi that she challenged Haji Kishvar Khan, and he responded by imprisoning her at Fort Satara.
The Regents of Ibrahim II
The position of regent for Ibrahim II does not seem to have been a secure job. This was because of the personal ambitions of the regents, unlike - for example - the regents who served Akbar long and faithfu

The already unpopular Haji Kishvar Khan had, however, made a fatal error by jailing a person who was morally ad legally regent for Ibrahim II, even if she looked to others to take the job. Haji Kishvar Khan was forced to flee in the face of a joint move to replace him. He was killed in exile by a relative of Mustafa Khan.


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War Again With Ahmadnagar

Naturally, the divisions at the court of the Adil Shahis provided opportunities for their enemies. Ahmadnagar's Nizam Shahi sultan returned to the offensive against Bijapur, this time allied with the Qutab Shahis of Golconda - yet another Bahmani Sultanate province that was being ruled independently.

The joint invaders invested Fort Naldurg, to no effect. The defenders fought off every attempt to capture it, and finally the invaders lifted their siege, intending instead to strike directly at Bijapur, the Adil Shahi capital.

Only 2-3,000 troops were available at Bijapur, an insignificant number given the huge mass armies of the day. Though reinforcements flowed into Bijapur, the dissensions took their toll, with many disagreements and desertions. But the attackers themselves had problems presenting a unified front, and were delayed in their assault on the capital.

An able general named Abu-'l-Hassan now proved to be Bijapur's savior. Appointed by Chand Bibi, he called for the Maratha forces in Carnatic. These troops used the harassing guerilla tactics for which Shivaji was soon to become famous: the Marathas attacked the invaders' supply lines and succeeded to the extent the invaders were forced to retreat, facing starvation. The Marathas ignored the Ahmandnagar armies and instead pushed the Golcunda forces, according to Majumdar, to the gates of Golcunda itself.

Again, the reason for this move is not explained. Most likely, however, the Marathas made a cost-benefit judgment, and decided their chances for the most loot with the least risk lay at Golcunda.

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The story of Chand Bibi is imprinted on the Indian mind as an example of all that is noble and brave in the human spirit. Around the year 1595, the Deccan was divided into many kingdoms. One of these, the historic kingdom of Ahmednagar, was rife with pretty quarrels, jealousies and power struggles. Burhan-ul-Mulk, its ruler, having gained the throne with the aid of Akbar, spurned that great Mughal king and asserted his independence. Burhan was too engrossed in his personal pleasures to make a good ruler. When he died, he left behind a weak and divided kingdom. Into this turbulent scene entered a woman who was to make a sharp impact on history. The woman was Chand Bibi, Burhan-ul-Mulk’s sister. She had been married to Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur. After her husband’s death, being childless, she returned to Ahmednagar to train her nephew Prince Bahadur, in the ways of kingship.With the untimely death of her brother, she chose to take the reins of government into her own hands on behalf of Prince Bahadur and showed herself more than equal to the task.

Answer 2

Chand Bibi was one of the well known women warriors of medieval times. She was the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk, the Sultan of Ahmednagar. She acquired name and fame as the heroic defender of Ahmednagar in 1595 against the most powerful forces of the time, the army of Emperor Akbar.

On December 12, 1595, the imperial forces laid a siege around the Fort of Ahmednagar. Chand Bibi who was the regent of the minor Bahadur, undertook the task of defending the Fort. The imperial army dug trenches, carved out approaches to the Fort, erected batteries and laid mines near the walls of the Fort. \

Chand Bibi defended the Fort with astonishing gallantry and resolution. She wrote beseeching letters for help to Ibrahim Adil Shah of Bijapur, her nephew, for whom also, not long ago, she had acted as the regent. A similar appeal for help was sent to Qutub Shah of Golconda, asking him to establish a united front of the Southerners against the common foe.

For three months the invaders struggled hard against the heroic resistance put up by Chand Bibi. During the long siege, she had not been content merely with defence tactics. She had organized attacking parties and attacked the enemy under the cover of darkness by surprise, and often broke through the forces of Khan Khanan.

Both Murad and Mirza, under these circumstances, considered it prudent to welcome any negotiations that might emanate from the garrison. Chand Bibi also realized that she could not fight single-handedly against such a mighty foe and finding subdued response from the opposite side, made proposals which were surprisingly accepted without delay. Bahadur was accepted as the Nizam-ul-Mulk though under the paramountcy of Akbar. Berar was conceded to the Emperor.

The treaty, thus patched up, had to be accepted because of the conflicts that existed between the two imperial generals and their advisers. From the point of view of the Mughals the expedition had ended in a fiasco. Akbar must have felt that with a little more unity and co-ordination between his two generals, the Fort could well have been taken.

Once the immediate danger had disappeared, the unity that Chand Bibi had managed to forge in Ahmednagar also vanished. Under the leadership of Nehung Khan, the treaty was denounced. They succeeded in overthrowing her authority, ungrateful of the gallant part Chand Bibi had played in the defence of the kingdom.

Thus with her remarkable, courage and bravery, combined with astute diplomacy, she saved her motherland from Akbar's forces. She proved that services to the motherland are the greatest service that one could render, even at the peril of risking one's life.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I know that she ruled Ahmednagar in south india and was defeated by akbar and later killed by one of her own generals.

Answer 5

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