The Bahmanis in the Telugu country

Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
Present-day state borders, for orientation
Route

Places of the Bahmani sultans in the Telugu country, 1347–1518: their capitals Gulbarga and Bidar; Kaulas, Indur and Medak in the western province of Bidar; Bhongir, the founder's eastern frontier; Golconda, ceded by the ruler of Warangal under Muhammad Shah I; Pangal, where Firuz Shah was defeated in 1419; Warangal, taken in 1424 or 1425; Devarakonda and Rachakonda, seats of the Velama rayas; Balkonda, the rebel Sikandar Khan's fort; Rajahmundry, Kondapalli, Kondavidu and Masulipatam on the coast, taken in 1471–81; and Muhammad Shah III's raid on Kanchi.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

Muhammad Qasim Ferishta (tr. John Briggs), History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India till the Year A.D. 1612, Vol. II (opens in a new tab), Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1829, pp. 296, 302, 305–307, 310, 389–391, 406, 411, 448, 456–457, 487–488, 494–503. [Public domain]
Wolseley Haig (ed.), The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans (opens in a new tab), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1928, pp. 374–375, 380, 393–394, 399–400, 409–410, 415–418. [Public domain]
J. S. King, The History of the Bahmani Dynasty, founded on the Burhan-i Ma'asir (opens in a new tab), Luzac and Co., London, 1900, pp. 20–21, 51–52, 78, 104, 108–112, 120. [Public domain]
T. W. Haig, Historic Landmarks of the Deccan (opens in a new tab), Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1907, pp. 73. [Public domain]