Tirumala usurps the throne of the rump…
1570 CE
Tirumala usurps the throne of the rump Vijayanagar Empire at Penukonda in 1570, officially inaugurating the Aravidu dynasty.
Rebellions and banditry have arisen in many areas.
Tirumala appeals to Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar for aid against a Bijapuri invasion that reaches Penukonda.
He now joins Ahmadnagar and Golconda in a campaign against Bijapur.
Tirumala accepts the new states of the Nayakas of the south, retains the allegiance of Mysore and Keladi, and appoints his three sons as governors of the three linguistic regions of his kingdom—Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil.
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Hinduism
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Tamil people
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Telugu people
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Muslims, Shi'a
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Bidar Sultanate
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Berar Sultanate
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Deccan Sultanates
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Adil Shahi dynasty (Bijapur, Sultanate of)
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Ahmadnagar Sultanate
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Vijayanagara, (Tuluva) Kingdom of
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Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda
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Vijayanagara, (Aravidu) Kingdom of
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