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• Kingdom of Mysore — Dynasty · under Hyder Ali & Tipu, 1761 – 1799 · Mysore Sultanate
  A south Indian kingdom that a cavalry officer took from its own dynasty, and that his son turned into the East India Company’s most dangerous opponent.
• Hyder Ali — Person · c. 1720 – 1782 · Mysore Sultanate
  An illiterate cavalry officer who made himself master of Mysore and taught the East India Company that it could lose.
• Tipu Sultan — Person · r. 1782 – 1799 · Mysore Sultanate
  The Tiger of Mysore — who fielded iron rockets against the East India Company, sought an Ottoman investiture, and died on the wall of his own capital.
• Srirangapatna — Place · Mysore capital, 1610 – 1799 · Mysore Sultanate
  An island fortress on the Kaveri — Mysore’s capital, and the place where the Anglo-Mysore wars ended.
• Mysore — Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan — Dynasty · 1760 – 1799 · Mysore Sultanate
  Dates mark Haidar Ali's rise as effective ruler in Mysore (1173/1760, holding the Hindu Rajas as figureheads) to his son Tipu Sultan's defeat and death at Seringapatam and the restoration of the Hindu Raja line (1213/1799).
• Fatḥ Muḥammad — Person · named only as father of Ḥaydar 'Alī · Mysore Sultanate
  Named only as father of Ḥaydar 'Alī Khān Bahādur in Bosworth's genealogical table; no reign, dates or further detail given on this page.
• Ḥaydar 'Alī Khān Bahādur — Person · r. 1760 – 1782 · Mysore Sultanate
  Son of Fatḥ Muḥammad, effective ruler in Mysore from 1173/1760 per Bosworth's table.
• Kurnool — the Nawabs — Dynasty · 1674 – 1839 · Southern Sultanates
  Pathan (Panni) Nawabi state in the Deccan; annexed by the East India Company in 1839 after a six-day war. Founding year of 1674 (first nawab Khizr Khan Panni) per Wikipedia's rulers table; some sources instead date the Nawabi to 1687-90 under Aurangzeb's officer Dawood Khan — flagged as a doubt, not resolved with a verbatim second-source quote. Imperial Gazetteer (2026-09-22): The Gazetteer's Kurnool District article gives the jagir's founding as 1687 (Aurangzeb's conquest and grant to Daud Khan), not 1674 as in the row; it confirms 1839 as the annexation/end date after the Nawab's rebellion.
• Banganapalle — the Nawabs — Dynasty · 1665 – 1948 · Southern Sultanates
  Small Nawabi state in the Deccan, later re-granted as an estate under the Nizam in 1764; acceded to the Indian Union in 1948. Imperial Gazetteer (2026-09-22): The Gazetteer places the family's founding grant (Kiladar of Banganapalle under Bijapur) only broadly in 'the last half of the seventeenth century,' consistent with but not confirming the row's precise 1665 start; it predates 1948 so gives no end date.
• Abdul Rauf Khan — Person · r. from c. 1700 (the Gazetteer’s running head, "SÁVANUR NAWÁB, 1700") · Southern Sultanates
  Son of Abdul Karim Khan; entered Aurangzeb's service after Bijapur's fall in 1686 and moved his head-quarters from Bankapur to Savanur, founding the line of Nawabs the Gazetteer still called 'the present Nawab's' ancestors in 1884.
• Abdul Karim Khan — Person · gov. c. 1673 · Southern Sultanates
  Ancestor of the Nawabs of Savanur, appointed by Bijapur around 1673 as chief captain against the Marathas and governor of the Bankapur province, before Bijapur itself fell to the Moghals in 1686.
• Alif Khan — Person · r. 1724 – 1733 · Southern Sultanates
  Ibráhím Khán's younger son, he succeeded to the jaghire in 1724 after his elder brother Rahmatulláh left for Aurangabad, and died of illness after a nine-year reign.
• Himayat Khan (Himmat Khan Bahadur) — Person · r. 1733 – c. 1751 · Southern Sultanates
  Elder of Alif Khán's two sons, he succeeded to the jaghire in 1733 and, per the Manual's implication, was cut down near Ráyachóti fighting for Násir Jang around 1751.
• Munawwar Khan I (Ranmas Khan) — Person · r. 1752 – 1792 · Southern Sultanates
  Brother of Himáyat/Himmat Khán, he returned from exile at Arcot in 1752 to retake the ancestral jaghire from the Nizam's deputy Muhammad Álam and ruled until his death in 1792.
• Aluf Khan — Person · r. 1792 – 1815 · Southern Sultanates
  Third son of Munauwar Khán, nominated future nabob over an incompetent second brother and an absent eldest brother, he ruled until his death in 1815.
• Muzaffar Khan — Person · usurped 1815, imprisoned; d. 1879 · Southern Sultanates
  A younger son of Aluf Khán, he usurped the jaghire in 1815 to the exclusion of the government's nominee Munauwar Khán and was taken prisoner when the British besieged and took the Kurnool fort that December.
• Munawwar Khan II — Person · r. 1815 – 1823 · Southern Sultanates
  Aluf Khán's eldest son and rightful heir, whom his father had confined in favour of a younger brother, he was installed as nabob by the British in 1815 and died of illness in 1823 after an eight-year reign.
• Ghulam Rasul Khan — Person · r. 1823 – 1839 (deposed) · Southern Sultanates
  Aluf Khán's favourite sixth son, he was raised to the throne in 1823 after the intended successor Muzaffar Khán was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and was deposed by a British commission in October 1839 after amassing concealed military stores.
• Fazl Ali Khan (Gulli Nabob) — Person · r. 1758 (age 10) – 1782, regency usurped 8 years mid-reign · Southern Sultanates
  Grandson of Muhammad Bég Khán, he succeeded as a boy of ten in 1758, had his regency usurped for eight years by a relative before expelling him, and died childless at Banganapalle in 1782 after a stated sixteen-year reign.
• Sayyid Husain Ali Khan I — Person · designated nabob 1782 · Southern Sultanates
  Nephew of the childless Gulli Nábob, who treated him as a son and bestowed Banganapalle on him in 1782 while giving Chenchelimala to his brother Asaad Ali Khán.
• Muhammad Yusuf — Person · Killadar under Tipu Sultan, 1783 – c. 1790 · Southern Sultanates
  Installed as Killadar of Banganapalle by Tipu Sultan of Mysore in 1783 after the regent Asaad Ali Khán refused a summons, holding the post for seven years until expelled by Husain Ali Khán's returning family.
• Ghulam Ali Khan — Person · assumed management 1790 · Southern Sultanates
  Eldest of Husain Ali Khán I's four sons, he assumed the management of Banganapalle territory in 1790 after his uncle Asaad Ali Khán defeated Tipu Sultan's forces at Tammadapalle and expelled the Mysore killadar.
• Sayyid Husain Ali Khan II — Person · designated 1821; d. before 1848 · Southern Sultanates
  Elder son of Mansúr-ud-daulah, he was placed on the musnud during his father's lifetime in 1821 and died sometime before the 1848 restoration of the jaghire, having adopted his nephew Gulám Muhammad Ali as heir.
• Ghulam Muhammad Ali — Person · recognised Nabob 1849; C.S.I. 1867; d. 1868 · Southern Sultanates
  Adopted nephew of Husain Ali Khán II and married to his daughter Imdád Bégum, he was recognised by the Government as Nabob with a sunnud in 1849 and died without male issue in 1868.
• Fateh Ali Khan — Person · recognised 1868; Nabob title conferred 1876 · Southern Sultanates
  Nephew and intended nominee of Gulám Muhammad Ali, his title was recognised by the Government over the rival claim of the widowed Imdád Bégum, and the Nabob title was formally conferred on him in 1876 during the Prince of Wales's visit to India.
• Ma'bar — the Sultans of Madura — Dynasty · 1334 – 1377 · Southern Sultanates
  Sharif Ahsan, governor since 723/1323, declared independence in 734/1334, founding the Ma'bar sultanate; it fell to Vijayanagara conquest c.779/1377 under pressure that had built from the early 1350s.
• Jalal-ud-din Ahsan Shah — Person · r. c. 1338 – c. 1343 (dates contested; job register note gives 734 AH/1334 for the founding) · Southern Sultanates
  Delhi's military governor of Ma'bar who threw off allegiance to Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq and made himself independent, founding the Madura sultanate; he was murdered some five years afterward, and the throne then passed through a line of generals not named in the sources read for this job.
• Savanur — the Nawabs — Dynasty · 1680 – 1948 · Southern Sultanates
  Deccan Nawabi state in present-day Karnataka; the last ruler acceded to the Dominion of India in 1948. Imperial Gazetteer (2026-09-22): The Gazetteer dates the Savanur Nawabs' founding to 1680, when Abdul Rauf Khan received a jagir from Aurangzeb (matching the row's start year); it predates 1948 so gives no end date for the state.
• Abdul Fateh Khan — Person · r. 1715 (six months) · Southern Sultanates
  Eldest son of Abdul Rauf Khan, he succeeded his father as Nawab of Savanur in 1715 and held the throne for about six months before his brother Abdul Muhammad Khan followed him.
• Abdul Muhammad Khan — Person · r. 1716 (six months; the page gives "each for six months" after an accession of 1715) · Southern Sultanates
  Second son of Abdul Rauf Khan, he succeeded his brother Abdul Fateh Khan for about six months around 1715–1716 before their brother Abdul Ghaffar Khan followed him.
• Abdul Ghaffar Khan — Person · r. 1716 – 1721 · Southern Sultanates
  Third son of Abdul Rauf Khan, he became Nawab of Savanur in 1716 and ruled until his death in 1721, when his three sons disputed the succession.
• Abdul Suttar Khan — Person · r. 1721 · Southern Sultanates
  Second son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, he usurped the Savanur succession on his father's death in 1721 but was displaced and put to death by his brothers Abdul Majid Khan and Karim Khan.
• Abdul Hakim Khan — Person · r. 1751 – 1795 · Southern Sultanates
  Son of Abdul Majid Khan, he succeeded his father as Nawab of Savanur when Majid Khan was killed in battle in 1751, and ruled until his own death in 1795.
• Abdul Majid Khan — Person · r. 1721 – 1751 · Southern Sultanates
  Eldest son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, he became head of the family after his brothers displaced the usurping Abdul Suttar Khan in 1721, and ruled Savanur until he was killed fighting for Muzaffar Jang near Kadappa in 1751.
• Husain Mia — Person · r. 1795 – c. 1798 · Southern Sultanates
  Second son of Abdul Hakim Khan, the Peshwa gave him the jagir of Savanur in 1795 while his elder brother Abdul Kheir Khan lived at Seringapatam with Tipu, but he was later displaced when Nana Phadnavis ruled in his brother's favour.
• Abdul Feyaz Khan — Person · r. 1827 (three months) · Southern Sultanates
  One of Abdul Kheir Khan's five sons, he succeeded his father as Nawab of Savanur in 1827 and died within three months.
• Abdul Kheir Khan — Person · r. c. 1798 – 1827 · Southern Sultanates
  Eldest son of Abdul Hakim Khan, he returned from Seringapatam backed by Tipu to claim Savanur from his brother Husain Mia, was confirmed by Nana Phadnavis, survived the Dhundhia Vagh campaign and the Third Anglo-Maratha War under British protection, and ruled until his death on 3 November 1827.
• Manawar Khan — Person · r. 1828 – 1834 · Southern Sultanates
  A son of Abdul Kheir Khan, he succeeded his short-lived brother Abdul Feyaz Khan as Nawab of Savanur and ruled until his death without issue on 17 August 1834.
• Abdul Dullel Khan — Person · r. 1834 – 1862 · Southern Sultanates
  Brother of the childless Manawar Khan, he was raised to the chiefship of Savanur in 1834 once Manawar's widow bore a daughter rather than a son, received full criminal and civil jurisdiction from the British in 1857 and 1860, and ruled until his death in August 1862.
• Abdul Kheir Khan — Person · r. 1862 – 1868 · Southern Sultanates
  Eldest surviving son of Abdul Dullel Khan, he succeeded his father as Nawab of Savanur in 1862 and died of the effects of dissipation on 11 May 1868 after a career of extravagance that materially involved the estate.
• Abdul Dulel Khan — Person · r. 1868 – 1884 · Southern Sultanates
  Son of Abdul Kheir Khan, he was installed as Nawab of Savanur in 1868 at not quite six years old under the guardianship of his grandfather Muhammad Ghous Khan, was given personal charge of the state in 1883, and died in August 1884.
• Ghiyath-ud-din Damghani — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  Third in an unnamed line of generals to hold the Ma'bar throne after Jalal-ud-din Ahsan Shah's murder; married a daughter of Jalal-ud-din, hosted and befriended Ibn Battuta at his camp and at Madura, fell ill at Fattan, and died a fortnight after reaching a river outside Madura, whereupon his nephew Nasir-ud-din succeeded him.
• Nasir-ud-din — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  Nephew of Ghiyath-ud-din Damghani, whom he succeeded on the throne of Ma'bar at Madura immediately on his uncle's death from illness; he continued his uncle's arrangements for Ibn Battuta's onward voyage.
• Dáúd Khán — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  A Pathan general granted the Kurnool jaghire by Mughal intercession in the late seventeenth century, killed in action outside Burhanpur years later while serving as a deputy subadar for Zu'l-faqár; his exact accession and death years are not printed in this source.
• Ibráhím Khán — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  Brother of Dáúd Khán, he took the Kurnool fort from its Imperial killadar by a ruse after his brother's death and was killed alongside Mubáraz Khán at the Battle of Chakarkeli on 24 September 1724.
• Muhammad Bég Khán — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  A relative of the Mughal vazier Mubáraz Khán, he was appointed Killadar of Banganapalle in the late seventeenth century and was later recognised as a petty nabob by Asaf Jah, dying at Banganapalle about Hejairi 1172 (A.D. 1758).
• Muhammad Bég Khán Laug — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  A relative of the ruling family and husband of Gulli Nábob's maternal aunt, he usurped power during Gulli Nábob's minority and ruled for eight years before being expelled by him; no absolute years are printed for his rule.
• Muhammad Ali Khán, styled Mansúr-ud-daulah — Person · reign undated in the sources read · Southern Sultanates
  Married to his uncle Asaad Ali Khán's daughter and resident at Hyderabad, he fought at the Battle of Kurdla, placed his son Husain Ali Khán II on the musnud during his own lifetime in 1821, and died on 17 Shavál, Hejairi 1240 (A.D. 1824).