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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Burhan Nizam Shah I
| title = [[Sultan]] of [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmadnagar]]
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| reign = 1509–1553
| religion = [[Shia Islam]]
| coronation =
| predecessor = [[Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I]]
| successor = [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]]
| spouse = Bibi Amina<br/>Bibi Mariam
| issue = {{unbulleted list | [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]] | Abdul Qadir | Muhammad Khudabanda | Miran Muhammad Baqir | Shah Ali | Shah Haidar}}
| royal house = Nizam Shahi Dynasty
| father = [[Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I]]
| mother =
| wife =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1502}}
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| death_date = {{death year and age|1553|1502}}
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'''Burhan Nizam Shah I''' was ruler of the [[Ahmednagar Sultanate]], in Central India. He ascended the throne on the death of his father [[Ahmad Nizam Shah I]] in 1508<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=118}}</ref> or 1510 when he was seven years old.<ref name="ahmednagar.gov.in">{{Cite web |url=http://ahmednagar.gov.in/html_docs/AhmednagarCity.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106195715/http://ahmednagar.gov.in/html_docs/AhmednagarCity.htm |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died in 1553 and was succeeded by [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]].

He converted to Shia Islam and royals and commoners followed suit. Sunni theologians and their followers resented this but were crushed.<ref>{{cite book |author=Radhey Shyam| title=The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar | chapter=Burhan Nizam Shah I | year=1966 |page=81 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120826519}}</ref> His reign was characterized by religious tolerance, art and flourishing trade. Skirmishes with the [[Mughals]], [[Adil Shahi|Bijapur]] & various other small states continued through his reign. A palace built for Burhan Shah, the second Nizam, stands in ruins two miles south-east of the city of [[Ahmednagar]].<ref name="ahmednagar.gov.in" />

==Family==
Burhan Nizam Shah had at least two wives. The first, his favourite, was Bibi Amina. The second was Bibi Mariam, the daughter of [[Yusuf Adil Shah]], Sultan of [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur]]. He had six sons:<ref>D. D. Nagarkar, ''Glimpses of Ahmednagar'' (1977), p. 10</ref>

'''By Bibi Amina'''
*[[Hussain Nizam Shah I]], Sultan of Ahmednagar;
*Abdul Qadir;
'''By Bibi Mariam'''
*Miran Muhammad Baqir;
*Shah Ali, father of [[Murtaza Nizam Shah II]];<ref>{{harvtxt|Shyam|1966|p=241-2}}</ref>
'''By other women'''
*Shah Haidar, married the daughter of Khwaja Jahan, the ruler of Parinda;<ref>Sayyid Ahmad-Ullah Qadri, ''Memoirs of Chand Bibi: The Princess of Ahmadnagar'' (1939), p. 33</ref>
*Muhammad Khudabanda;<ref>{{harvtxt|Shyam|1966|p=235}}</ref>

==References==
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