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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1458 to 1461}}<br />
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| succession = 11th [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani Sultan]]<br />
| reign = 7 May 1458 – 1 September 1461<br />
| predecessor = [[Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah]]<br />
| successor = [[Nizam-Ud-Din Ahmad III]]<br />
| burial_place = [[Bahmani tombs]]<br />
| issue = {{ubl|[[Nizam-Ud-Din Ahmad III]]|[[Muhammad Shah III Lashkari]]}}<br />
| father = [[Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date|1461|09|01|df=y}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Alauddin Humayun Shah Bahmani''' was the sultan of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]], who reigned between 1458 and 1461. Also known as '''Humayun Shah ''Zalim''''' ({{lit.|Humayun Shah the cruel}}), he is described as a cruel ruler, known for executing people in torturous ways.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Sherwani |first=Haroon Khan |date=1946 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.68551 |title=The Bahmanis of the Deccan |publisher= |location=Hyderabad |author-link=Haroon Khan Sherwani}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Humayun was the eldest son of [[Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=257}} Upon Alauddin's death, a group of noblemen, including Saif Khan, Mallu Khan, and Shah Habibullah installed Hasan Khan, Humayun's younger brother as king. Humayun, along with his personal guard of eighty horsemen managed to secure the throne. Saif Khan was executed, Mallu Khan fled to the [[Carnatic_region | Carnatic]], and Hasan Khan and Shah Habibullah were imprisoned.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=410}} Upon his enthronement, Humayun appointed [[Mahmud Gawan]] lieutenant of the kingdom and governor of Bijapur, ennobling him with the title of ''Malik-ut-Tujjar''.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|pages=257–258}}<br />
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Sikandar Khan, a cousin of Humayun, was given charge of Telangana. Still dissatisfied by the appointment, he began a rebellion, supported by his father Jalal Khan and local [[Velama]] chiefs. The rebels began a march towards [[Golconda]]. Humayun proceeded to meet the rebels, and offered terms of peace to Sikandar, which were refused. Sikandar was killed in the ensuing battle, and his army defeated.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=259–260}} While Humayun was in [[Telangana]], Hasan Khan was released from prison by means of fraud. Hasan Khan proclaimed himself the king at [[Beed|Bir]], but was defeated by Humayun's forces and Hasan fled towards [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]]. However, he was imprisoned by Siraj Khan Junaidi and sent to the capital.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|pages=262–263}} In 1460, Hasan and his party were brought to Bidar. It is at this time that the cruel punishments of Humayun were described—Hasan Khan was thrown before a tiger, which proceeded to maul and devour him, while some of his followers were cast into boiling cauldrons. Elephants and other wild animals were released upon others.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=263}}<br />
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Humayun died, either naturally, or was killed by a maid-servant in his sleep on 1 September 1461. He was succeeded by his son Nizamuddin.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=264, 276}}[[File:Bahamani_tombs_01.jpg|thumb|The partially collapsed tomb of Humayun Shah]]His tomb is located within the [[Bahmani Tombs|Bahmani tombs]] complex, and is partially collapsed. According to legend, the tomb split open when Humayun's body was interred, thus signifying that god refused protection for his remains. In fact, the damage to the tomb is due to a lightning strike in the 19th century.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Haig |first=Wolseley |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46989 |title=Cambridge History Of India Vol. 2 |date=1925 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |author-link=Wolseley Haig}}</ref>{{Rp|page=412}} He had at least two sons: [[Nizam-Ud-Din Ahmad III]] and [[Muhammad Shah III Lashkari]].<br />
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=== Cruelty ===<br />
[[Firishta]] describes Humayun as an especially cruel figure, with the sobriquet ''Zalim''. According to modern scholars such as [[Haroon Khan Sherwani]] and [[Ghulam Yazdani]], the accounts of Humayun's cruelty have been exaggerated.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yazdani |first=Ghulam |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279710 |title=Bidar Its History And Monuments |date=1947 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author-link=Ghulam Yazdani}}</ref>{{Rp|page=7}} Sherwani described him as a ruler of the "ordinary Bahmani type", albeit a strict disciplinarian.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=270}}<br />
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