Background
Isamail Adil Shah succeeded his father Yusuf Adil Shah as the king of Bijapur as a minor.
Isamail Adil Shah succeeded his father Yusuf Adil Shah as the king of Bijapur as a minor.
His short-lived reign helped the dynasty establish a stronghold in the deccan. The affairs of the state were managed by the minister Kamal Khan. During this phase Kamal Khan imprisoned the young king and tried a coup.
Punji Khatun the mother of Ismail hatched a counter plot and Kamal Khan was stabbed to death in the royal palace.
However Ismail Khan was killed in the fight at the gates to the palace. Ismail started to manage the affairs of the state with the help of his mother.
He invaded Kasim-Barid of Bidar. Ismail ruled peacefully only before waging a war against Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar, who did not aid Ashad Khan during his conquest against Timraj of Vijayanagar.
Nizam Shah later tried to take Sholapur by force.
However he had to taste failure when Ismail marched and captured forty elephants. Foreign some reason Ismail invaded Bidar, while Kutubshah was coming to help Amir Birad, Ismail sent his trusted General Asad Kahan to obstruct Kutubshah, which he did successfully and later captured Amir Birad when he was drunk. As a treaty Amir Birad agreed to give Humnabad and Bidar.
He entered the fort of Bidar with pomp and seated himself on the throne, the same throne under which his father had served.
After a while Amir Birad regained the favour of Ismail Adil Shah and got back the fort. Ismail Adil Shah seldom faced defeat and his army with the artillery was a force to reckon with.
During his campaign against Golconda he fell ill and died in 1534 Anno Domini He was buried at the Gogi village. A mahal and a mosque are ascribed to him.