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Post by Guest Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:00 pm

Ma'bar Sultanate (Persian: مابار سلطنت‎), unofficially known as the Madurai Sultanate was a short lived independent Muslim kingdom based in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. The sultanate was proclaimed in 1335 when the then viceroy of Madurai, Jalaluddin Ahsan Khan declared his independence from the Delhi Sultanate. Ahsan Khan and his decendants ruled Madurai and surrounding territories until 1378 when the last sultan, Ala-ud-Din Sikandar Shah fell in battle against the forces of the Vijayanagar Empire led by Kumara Kampana.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Sultanate

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Post by Guest Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:34 pm

Unlike the Nawabs of Arcot, the Sultans of Madurai seem to have been oppressive and guilty of perpetrating injustice. This has been recorded by, among others, the Moroccan traveler Ibn Batuta who had personally travelled through this region during their rule. This also explains the short duration of their rule. But, pending further investigation, this is only a tentative view.

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