Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah
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Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah was the ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate
from 1397 to 1422. He was determined to make the Deccan region the cultural centre of India
. He inducted a large number of Hindus in his administration on a large scale. Firuz Shah paid much attention to the ports of his kingdom Chaul and Dhabol which attracted trade ships from the Persian Gulf
and Red Sea
.
Bahmani Sultanate
The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms...
from 1397 to 1422. He was determined to make the Deccan region the cultural centre of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He inducted a large number of Hindus in his administration on a large scale. Firuz Shah paid much attention to the ports of his kingdom Chaul and Dhabol which attracted trade ships from the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
and Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
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