1. Mohammed I succeeded Bahman Shah.
2.There was a decade-long war with Vijayanagar, most of which related to control over the Raichur doab.

The rulers of Warangal and Orissa to facilitate smooth administration, divided the kingdom into four territorial divisions called tarafs, each under a governor.

1. The fertile areas of the Krishna and the Tungabhadra
2. The coastal areas of Andhra.

Bahman Shah emerged victorious in all these expeditions and assumed the title Second Alexander on his coins.

1. The battle was fought at Talikota or Rakshasi- Tangadi in January 1565 in which Ramaraya, in spite of his old age, personally commanded the forces along with his cousins and brothers.
2. In the final stages, the battle was lost. Ramaraya was imprisoned and executed immediately.
3. The victorious Bahmani armies entered the Vijayanagar city for the first time in their history, and ransacked it for several months laying it waste.

1. Alaudin Hasan Bahman Shah was the founder of Bahmani kingdom. unruly in his kingdom and in establishing order.
2. His attempt to exact an annual tribute from the state of Warangal, the Reddi kingdoms of Rajahmundry and Kondavidu, led to frequent wars.
3. Bahman Shah emerged victorious in all these expeditions and assumed the title Second Alexander on his coins.

1. The administrative reforms introduced by Gawan improved the efficiency of the government, but curtailed the powers of the provincial chiefs, who were mostly Deccanis.
2. So the already existing rivalry among the two groups of nobles, Deccani Muslims and Pardesi (foreigner) Muslims, further intensified and conflicts broke out.
3. Gawan became a victim of this tussle for power, although he remained fair and neutral in this conflict. Jealous of his success they forged a letter to implicate Gawan in a conspiracy against the Sultan.
4. Sultan, who himself was not happy with Gawan's dominance, ordered his execution.
5. Gawan's execution augured ill for the Sultanate. Several of the foreign nobles who were considered the strongest pillars of the state began to leave for their provinces, leading to the disintegration of the Sultanate.
6. After the Sultan's death five of his descendants succeeded him on the throne but they were kings only in name.
7. During this period the Sultanate gradually broke up into four independent kingdoms: Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Berar and Golkonda. Bidar where the Bahmani Sultan ruled as a puppet became the fifth one.
8. Among these Bijapur became powerful by annexing Bidar and Berar in course of time. Though Ahmadnagar and Golkonda acted independently they finally joined with Bijapur to fight with their common enemy, Vijayanagar.
9. Vijayanagar was utterly routed in the battle of Talikota or Rakshashi- Tangadi in 1565. Thereafter, within a century, the Sultanates were vanquished one after another and taken over by the Mughal state.

1. The Vijayanagar area is concerned there took place migrations of Kannada and Telugu warriors and their followers into Tamil areas and elsewhere.
2. Many of the Nayaka chiefs belong to these language groups. Peasants, artisans and other toiling groups were also part of this migration.
3. The other consequence was the widening gap between the ruling class and the ruled.
4. All the foreign visitors refer to the enormous riches and affluence enjoyed by the rulers, the officials and the upper echelons in the capital cities like Vijayanagar, Bijapur, and the like, in contrast to widespread poverty among the masses.
5. They also refer to the prevalence of slavery.
6. The state had to derive their revenue only by taxing the people.
7. It is found that during the Sangama dynasty when the Vijayanagar rule was extended to new areas, their officers were harsh in tax collection, which provoked the toiling people to rise in revolt. One such revolt took place in 1430 in central parts of Tamil Nadu.
8. This was the revolt in which all the basic producers joined forgetting their caste differences.
9. The revolt took place due to the unjust and arbitrary tax demands of the government including the pradhani (governor), his military bodies, and the landlords.
10. It is said the Vijayanagar Prince intervened and pacified the revolting people by allowing tax reduction .