The Adil Shahi were a dynasty of Indian sultans, who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from the 1490 to 1686. The Adil Shahis were originally provincial rulers of the Bahmani Sultanate, but with the breakup of the Bahmani state after 1518, Ismail Adil Shah established an independent sultanate, one of the five Deccan sultanates that were the successors to the Bahmani Sultanate.

The Bijapur sultanate was located in southwestern India, straddling the Western Ghats range of southern Maharashtra and northern Karnataka. Ismail Adil Shah and his successors embellished the capital at Bijapur with numerous monuments.

The Adil Shahis fought the Hindu empire of Vijayanagar, which lie to the south across the Tungabhadra River, and fought the other sultanates as well. The sultanates combined forces to deliver a decisive defeat to Vijayanagar in 1556, after which the empire broke up. Bijapur seized control of the Raichur Doab from the former empire. In 1619 the Adil Shahis conquered the neighboring sultanate of Bidar, which was incorporated into their realm. In the 17th century, the Marathas, a Hindu clan based in the Western Ghats around Pune, revolted successfully against the Bijapur sultans. Bijapur was conquered by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1686, bringing the sultanate and the dynasty to an end.

Adil Shahis of Bijapur

• Yusuf Adil Shah (1490-1510)
• Ismail Adil Shah (1510-1534)
• Mallu Adil Shah (1534)
• Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534-1558)
• Ali Adil Shah I (1558-1580)
• Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580-1627)
• Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-1657)
• Ali Adil Shah II (1657-1672)
• Sikandar Adil Shah (1672-1686)