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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bahadur Nizam Shah
| title = [[Sultan]] of [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmadnagar]]
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| reign = 1596–1600
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| predecessor = Ahmad Nizam Shah II
| successor = [[Murtaza Nizam Shah II]]
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| royal house = Nizam Shahi Dynasty
| father = Ibrahim Nizam Shah
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1593}}
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| death_date = Unknown
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'''Bahadur Nizam Shah''' was the [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Sultan of Ahmadnagar]] from 1596 to 1600. Only a small child when he gained the throne, he spent almost his entire reign under the regency of his great-aunt [[Chand Bibi]].

==Life==
Born in 1593,<ref name=ShoreP201>{{cite book|last=Shore|first=Thomas Teignmouth|authorlink=Thomas Shore (writer)|title=Cassell's Biographical Dictionary, etc. [With plates. Edited by T. T. Shore.]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdBRT6uBISEC&pg=PA201|year=1867|publisher=Cassell, Petter & Galpin|page=201}}</ref> Bahadur was the only son of Sultan Ibrahim Nizam Shah. Following his father's death in battle in August 1595, various nobles pressed the rights of opposing claimants to the throne, the most prominent being his cousin Ahmad Nizam Shah II. Bahadur, who was supported by his great-aunt [[Chand Bibi]], was captured and imprisoned by Ahmad's chief benefactor, the Prime minister Miyan Manjhu. However, the latter was forced to leave [[Ahmednagar|Ahmadnagar city]] when the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Akbar]] dispatched his army to take advantage of the chaos. Chand Bibi retook the city to oppose the Mughals and released Bahadur, proclaiming him [[sultan]] under the name Bahadur Nizam Shah.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ali|first=Shanti Sadiq|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&pg=PA59|year=1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0485-1|pages=59–61}}</ref>

Akbar's son [[Murad Mirza (son of Akbar)|Murad]] laid siege to the city while Chand Bibi gained the support of the nobles for Bahadur's rule, including the powerful [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapuri]] commander Ikhlas Khan. Following a failed assault by Murad which was thrown back by Chand Bibi, the Mughal prince chose to agree to a settlement in March 1596. In return for the kingdom accepting Mughal suzerainty and seceding the province of [[Berar Subah|Berar]], Murad withdrew his forces and recognised Bahadur as the ruler of Ahmadnagar.<ref>{{harvtxt|Ali|1996|p=62}}</ref> Chand Bibi was appointed regent for Bahadur by the nobles and administered the kingdom in his name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shyam|first=Radhey|title=The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C4hBqKdkEsC&pg=PA367|year=1966|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-2651-9|page=367}}</ref>

However, in spite of the accord, skirmishes and intermittent fighting continued between Ahmadnagar and the Mughals.<ref>{{cite book|last=Richards|first=John F.|authorlink=John F. Richards|title=The Mughal Empire, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHyVh29gy4QC&pg=PA54|volume=5|year=1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-56603-2|page=54}}</ref> In 1599, Akbar launched another invasion of [[Deccan plateau|the Deccan]], sending his younger son [[Daniyal Mirza|Daniyal]] against Ahmadnagar. After the city was besieged for several months, Chand Bibi eventually chose to surrender, on the condition of the lives of the garrison, as well as her and Bahadur being allowed to retire safely to [[Junnar]]. Disagreeing with her, one of her advisers, Hamid Khan, announced to the city that the Regent was in league with the Mughals. A frenzied mob subsequently stormed her apartments and murdered her.<ref>{{harvtxt|Shyam|1996|pp=229-30}}</ref> The ensuing confusion among the garrison rendered orderly defence impossible and on 18 August 1600, mines planted by the Mughals were detonated, resulting in the destruction of a large section of the city walls. The Mughal troops assaulted and occupied the Ahmadnagar, looting the fort of its valuables.<ref name=ShyamP231>{{harvtxt|Shyam|1966|p=231}}</ref>

Bahadur himself was captured and sent, along with all the other children of the royal family, to Akbar at [[Burhanpur]]. From there, he was escorted to [[Gwalior Fort]] to be imprisoned.<ref name=ShyamP231/> He was still confined to the fort in 1633, when he was also joined by his distant cousin Hussain Nizam Shah III.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haig|first=Wolseley|authorlink=Wolseley Haig|title=Historic Landmarks of the Deccan|url=https://archive.org/details/historiclandmark00haigrich|year=1907|publisher=Pioneer Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/historiclandmark00haigrich/page/18 18]}}</ref> Bahadur's ultimate fate is unknown.<ref name=ShoreP201/>

==References==
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