Aḥmad II
Bahmanī ruler
Also known as: ʿAlāʾ-ud-Dīn Aḥmad II
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- In India: External and internal rivalries
…the new sultan, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Aḥmad II (reigned 1436–58). Even though Aḥmad II had to face a rebellion by one of his brothers, a precedent was set for a rule of primogeniture, which seemed to alleviate the problem of succession disputes for the rest of the century. Unfortunately for later…
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