List of Sultans of the Malwa Sultanate

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'''Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate''' was the principal title of the ruler of [[Malwa Sultanate]] from 1401 to 1561/2 in [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=V. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7s4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10&dq=sultan+of+malwa#q=sultan%20of%20malwa|title=Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Western Part)|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Scientific Publishers|isbn=978-93-86237-33-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Malwa Sultanate, Amirs of Sind -|url=http://www.anwarscoincollection.com/category/malwa-sultanate-amirs-of-sind/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>

==Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate==

{| style="width:100%;" class="wikitable"
! style="background:#f0dc82; width:27%;"| Royal Title
! style="background:#f0dc82; width:25%;"| Personal name
! style="background:#f0dc82; width:25%;"| Reign
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Dilawar Khan]] was appointed as the governor of [[Malwa|Malwa province]] in 1392 by the [[Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate]]. He declared himself independent in 1401 by establishing Malwa Sultanate. He was the first Sultan of Malwa from '''Ghurid dynasty'''.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |first=Upendra Nath |last=Day |title=Medieval Malwa: a Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562 |location=Delhi |publisher=Munshi Ram Manohar Lal |year=1965 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/medievalmalwaapo001927mbp/page/n23 8]–24 |url=https://archive.org/details/medievalmalwaapo001927mbp |accessdate=2020-05-18}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Dilawar Khan|Dilawar Khan Ghuri]] {{Nastaliq| دلاور خان غوری}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1401–1406
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Hoshang Shah|Husam-ud-Din Hoshang Shah]] {{Nastaliq|حسام الدین ہوشنگ شاہ}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1406–1435
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Taj-ud-Din Muhammad Shah {{Nastaliq|تاج الدین محمد شاہ}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1435–1436
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Ghurid dynasty replaced by Khilji dynasty<ref name=":0" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mahmud Khalji|Ala-ud-Din Mahmud Shah I]] {{Nastaliq|علاؤالدین محمود شاہ اول}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1436–1469
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah]] {{Nastaliq|غیاث الدین شاہ}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1469–1500
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Nasir-ud-Din Shah {{Nastaliq|ناصر الدین شاہ}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1500–1510
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Shihab-ud-Din Mahmud Shah II {{Nastaliq| شہاب الدین محمود شاہ دوئم}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1510–1531
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| The interregnum; as the [[Gujarat Sultanate|Sultan of Gujarat]] [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat|Bahadur Shah]] defeated Mahmud Shah II and himself reigned as the Sultan of Malwa.<ref name=majumdar>Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). ''The Delhi Sultanate'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.173-86</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat|Bahadur Shah]] {{Nastaliq|بہادر شاہ}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1531 – 1537
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Humayun]] defeated Sultan Bahadur Shah and briefly occupied Malwa for a year in between 1535-1536.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 1537-1555; era of semi-independent governors of [[Sur Empire]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Wali'' {{Nastaliq| ولی}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Shuja’at Khan {{Nastaliq|شجاعت خان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1537 – 1542
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Wali'' {{Nastaliq| ولی}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Isa Khan {{Nastaliq|عیسیٰ خان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1542 – 1545
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Wali'' {{Nastaliq| ولی}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| Shuja’at Khan {{Nastaliq|شجاعت خان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1545 – 1552
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Sultan'' {{Nastaliq| سلطان}} 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Baz Bahadur]] {{Nastaliq|باز بہادر}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|1555 – 1561/2
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Malwa Sultanate was abolished in 1562 after Baz Bahadur's defeat [[Mughal conquest of Malwa|against Mughal army]].<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Chandra |first1=Satish |title=Medieval India: From Sultanat To The Mughals-Mughal Empire (1526-1748) - Part II |date=2007 |pages=103–104}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Wikiquote|Malwa Sultanate}}
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-malwasultans.html Coins of the Malwa Sultanate]
* [http://www.anwarscoincollection.com/category/malwa-sultanate-amirs-of-sind Sultans of Malwa]

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