Hussain Nizam Shah I

Hussain Nizam Shah I (Persian: حسین نظام شاه یکم; 1553–1565) was the preeminent ruler of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate and the leading figure of the coalition of the Deccan Sultanates during the Battle of Talikota.^[2] Notably, Hussain Nizam Shah was responsible for taking prisoner and beheading Rama Raya of Vijayanagara after the Battle of Talikota.^[3][4][5]

Hussain Nizam Shah I
3rd Sultan of Ahmadnagar
Reign	1553–6 June 1565
Predecessor	Burhan Nizam Shah I
Successor	Murtaza Nizam Shah I
Died	6 June 1565[1] Ahmednagar
Spouse	Daulat Shah Begum Khunza Humayun Begum
Issue	Murtaza Nizam Shah I Chand Bibi Burhan Nizam Shah II Bibi Khadija Bibi Jamila Shah Qasim Shah Mansur Aqa Bibi
House	Nizam Shahi Dynasty
Father	Burhan Nizam Shah I
Mother	Bibi Amina
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Family

Wives

• Daulat Shah Begum, daughter of Darya Imad Shah;^[6]
• Khunza Humayun, a great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Jahan Shah of the Qara Qoyunlu;^[7]

Issue

By Khunza Humayun:

• Murtaza Nizam Shah I, Sultan of Ahmednagar;
• Burhan Nizam Shah II, Sultan of Ahmednagar;
• Chand Bibi, married Sultan Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur. Later became regent of Bijapur and Ahmednagar successively;
• Bibi Khadija, married Jamal-ud-din Hansan Auju;

By Surraiya Daulat Shah Begum:

• Bibi Jamila, married Sultan Ibrahim Qutb Shah of Golconda;
• Shah Qasim;
• Shah Mansur;
• Aqa Bibi, married Mir Abdul Wahhab, son of Sayyid Abdul Azum;

See also

• Deccan Sultanates
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate