The
Ahmadnagar Sultanate was a late medieval
Indian kingdom, located in the northwestern
Deccan, between the sultanates of
Gujarat and Bijapur. Malik Ahmad, the
Bahmani governor of Junnar after defeating the Bahmani army led by general Jahangir Khan on 28 May 1490 declared independence and established the
Nizam Shahi dynasty rule over the sultanate of
Ahmednagar. Initially his capital was in the town of
Junnar with its fort, later renamed
Shivneri. In 1494, the foundation was laid for the new capital Ahmadnagar. In 1636
Aurangzeb, then Mugal viceroy of Deccan finally annexed the sultanate to the
Mughal empire.