Draft:Afaqi–Dakhni conflict

Background

The Dakhnis, usually anglicized to Deccanis, were the indigenous elite of the Bahmani sultanate, composed primarily of Sunni immigrants from northern India. Originally, the term referred to the Muslims (many with part-Turkish ancestry) who had emigrated to Daulatabad when Muhammad bin Tughluq had declared it the joint capital. This class formed the nobility of the newly established the Bahmani sultanate. The Habshi people, or emigrants from Africa (usually Abyssinia) would also come to become a part of the Dakhni camp, due to their Sunni faith and the contemptuous attitude the Afaqis had towards them.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Afaqis consisted of immigrants from Iran, central Asia, and Turkey. The majority of them were of Shia faith, and thus the party became associated with heterodoxy.^[1]^[2]

History

During the reign of Alauddin Ahmad Shah, he instituted a policy where the Afaqis would sit at the right-hand side of the throne, with the Dakhnis occupying the left-hand side.^[5]

Chakan massacre

Premiership of Mahmud Gawan

Gawan had a policy of balancing the power between the factions. He appointed equal numbers of members of both factions in the royal bodyguard.

Malik Hasan Bahri, a leader of the Dakhnis and one of the plotters in the conspiracy, succeeded him as the prime minister.

Collapse of the Bahmanids

Bijapur

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Bibliography

Haig, Wolseley (1928). The Cambridge History Of India Volume III. BRAOU, Digital Library Of India. At The University Press Cambridge.
Sherwani, Haroon Khan (1954). Bahmanis of the Deccan.

^ ^a ^b Sherwani 1954, pp. 216–217.
^ ^a ^b Haig 1928, pp. 404.
^ Jamal Malik (2020). Islam in South Asia: Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition. Brill. p. 168. ISBN 9789004422711.
^ Burjor Avari (2013). Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 9780415580618.
^ ^a ^b Eaton, Richard Maxwell (2005). A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives. Internet Archive. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25484-7.
^ Jadhav, Kiran Sampatrao (2017). "Nature of Factionalism in the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 78: 333–339. ISSN 2249-1937.

[FOOTNOTESherwani1954216–217-1] Sherwani 1954, pp. 216–217.

[FOOTNOTEHaig1928404-2] Haig 1928, pp. 404.

[3] Jamal Malik (2020). Islam in South Asia: Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition. Brill. p. 168. ISBN 9789004422711.

[4] Burjor Avari (2013). Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 9780415580618.

[:0-5] Eaton, Richard Maxwell (2005). A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives. Internet Archive. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25484-7.

[6] Jadhav, Kiran Sampatrao (2017). "Nature of Factionalism in the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 78: 333–339. ISSN 2249-1937.

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