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d. 1579 India

Ali Adil Shah I (Persian: علی عادل شاه; 1558–1579) was the fifth Sultan of Bijapur Sultanate.

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Also known as: Alî I ‘Ãdilshãh of Bijapur, Sultãn ‘Alî I ‘Ãdilshãh of Bijapur, Sultãn ‘Alî ‘Ãdil Shãh I of Bijapur, ‘Alî I ‘Ãdilshãh of Bijapur

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“And in Mudgal town located 75 miles south-east of Bijapur ‘Ali I tore down two temples and replaced them with ashurkhanas, or houses used in the celebration of Shi’a festivals.”

“While campaigning in Karnataka following the fall of Vijayanagar ‘Ali I’s armies destroyed two or three hundred Hindu temples, and the monarch himself was said to have smashed four or five thousand Hindu images…”

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