Hussain Nizam Shah I

Hussain Nizam Shah I
Hussain Nizam Shah I
3rd Sultan of Ahmadnagar
Reign	1553–1565
Predecessor	Burhan Nizam Shah I
Successor	Murtaza Nizam Shah I
Died	1565; 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

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.^[1] Notably, Hussain Nizam Shah was responsible for taking prisoner and beheading Rama Raya of Vijayanagara after the Battle of Talikota.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Family

Daulat Shah Begum, daughter of Darya Imad Shah;^[5]
Khunza Humayun, a great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Jahan Shah of the Qara Qoyunlu;^[6]

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: