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On the death of Mohammed Adil Shah on November 4 1656 Ali Adil Shah II a youth of eighteen succeeded to the throne through the efforts of the Prime Minister Khan Muhammad and the Queen Badi Sahiba sister of Qutb Shah of Golkonda.His accession signaled disasters to the Kingdom and his reign marked the first phase of the decline of the mighty Bijapur Kingdom.Shah Jahan anxious to annex Bijapur to his empire found a pretext in the legitimacy of Alis parents.

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