capital, Paranda. Malik Ambar became prime minister and Vakil-us-Saltanat of Ahmadnagar. Later, the capital was shifted first to Junnar and then to a new city Khadki (later Aurangabad). After the death of Malik Ambar, his son Fath Khan surrendered to the Mughals in 1633 and handed over the young Nizam Shahi ruler Hussain Shah, who was sent as a prisoner to the fort of Gwalior. But soon Shahaji with the assistance of Bijapur, placed an infant scion of the Nizam Shahi dynasty, Murtaza, on the throne but acted as regent. In 1636, Aurangzeb, the Mughal viceroy of Deccan, finally annexed the sultanate to the Mughal empire, after defeating Shahaji. Rulers Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I (1490–1510) Burhan Nizam Shah I (1510–1553) Hussain Nizam Shah I (1553–1565) Murtaza Nizam Shah I (1565–1588) Miran Nizam Hussain (1588–1589) Isma'il Nizam Shah (1589–1591) Burhan Nizam Shah II (1591–1595) Ibrahim Nizam Shah (1595–1596) Ahmad Nizam Shah II (1596) Bahadur Nizam Shah (1596–1600) Murtaza Nizam Shah II (1600–1610) Burhan Nizam Shah III (1610–1631) Hussain Nizam Shah II (1631–1633) Murtaza Nizam Shah III (1633–1636). Berar Sultanate The Berar Sultanate was founded by Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk, who was born a Kannadiga Hindu, but was captured as a boy by Bahmani forces, which were on an expedition against the Vijayanagara empire, and reared as a Muslim. In 1490, during the disintegration of the Bahmani Sultanate, Imad-ul-Mulk, then governor of Berar, declared independence and founded the Imad Shahi dynasty of the Berar Sultanate. He established the capital at Achalpur (Ellichpur), and Gavilgad and Narnala were also fortified by him. Upon his death in 1504, Imad-ul-Mulk was succeeded by his eldest son, Ala-ud-din. In 1528, Ala-ud-din resisted the aggression of Ahmadnagar with help from Bahadur Shah, Sultan of Gujarat. The next ruler of Berar, Darya, first tried to ally with Bijapur, to prevent the aggression of Ahmadnagar, but was unsuccessful. Later, he helped Ahmednagar on three occasions against Bijapur. After his death in 1562, his infant son Burhan succeeded him; but in 1574 Tufal Khan, one of Burhan's ministers, usurped the throne. In the same year, Murtaza I, Sultan of Ahmadnagar, annexed Berar to his sultanate. Burhan, Tufal Khan, and Khan's son Shamshir-ul-Mulk, were taken to Ahmadnagar and confined to a fortress where all of them subsequently died. Rulers Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk (1490–1504) Aladdin Imad Shah (1504–1530) Darya Imad Shah (1530–1562) Burhan Imad Shah (1562–1574) Tufal Khan (usurper) (1574) Bidar Sultanate Bidar was