// Middle Ages
Bijapur Sultanate
- Period
- AD 1492 – AD 1686
- Duration
- approx. 194 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1653
- Area (max.)
- approx. 396,000 km²
Period and duration
Bijapur Sultanate — according to the map data from AD 1492 to AD 1686, roughly 194 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Bijapur Sultanate — greatest extent around AD 1653: the mapped borders then cover about 396,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1491)
After
- Mughal Empire
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Maratha Empire
Neighbours around AD 1653
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Spanish Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Golconda Sultanate
- Dutch Republic
- Kingdom of England
- English Colonial Empire
- Portuguese Colonies
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1653 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Bijapur Sultanate on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.