Posted on March 17, 2010.
Chand Bibi Lack of material does not give a detailed account of the Ismaili influence after the death of Shah Tahir Hussain on Dakkani 956/1549 in Ahmednagar, India. We have no explicit details, so his descendants have continued the mission in the mantle of Ismaili Shia or not. But there are some strong indications that a rule lady named Chand Bibi was secretly an Ismaili, but his faith is wrapped in his political activities. She was born in 957/1550 and died in 1006/1599, which implies that it was the contemporary of both Hyder bin Tahir Shah (d. 994/1586) and Sadruddin Muhammad bin Hyder (ae 1032/1622). She was married to Ali Adil Shah (1558-1580) of Bijapur in 970/1562. Ali Adil Shah was killed in 988 / 1580. She had no children, therefore, the nephew of her late husband, aged 10, Ibrahim Adil Shah I of Bijapur was crowned, and ruled as regent with great care and intelligence to that the young king came of age. When order was restored in Bijapur kingdom, Chand Bibi returned to her homeland, Ahmadnagar, when she was about 35 years. When Murtada Shah, the head of Ahmadnagar death at a time when the state's foreign relations have been strained to breaking point, she returned to Bijapur, and gathered a crowd in return for the defense of Fort Ahmednagar against the mighty army of the Mughals .
It was a question of saving the entire Mughal Deccan, Bijapur and then the kingdoms of Golconda sent troops. The force commissioned by the Mughal prince Murad (ae 1007/1599) took the field against Ahmadnagar. In the meeting, the Mughals were severely delayed. Murad was forced to negotiate a truce, and recognized the primacy of Ahmadnagar. The Mughals ruled Ahmadnagar and kept Birara independently. Now, Chand Bibi came to be known as Chand Sultana. After some time, once again the opponents of Chand Bibi fact approach to Prince Daniel (ae 1013/1604), the third son of Emperor Akbar, who attacked Ahmadnagar and a terrible fight took place in the plain of Sonipat . The Mughals succeeded in transforming the troops of Chand Bibi and had one more seat Ahmadnagar in 1008/1599. This time, the Emperor Akbar himself rushed to Deccan and pitched his tent outside the city. Chand Bibi became desperate and resisted the Mughal attacks with such courage that the invaders were repelled at many places. Hamid Khan, the traitor, provided an entry to the strength of Mughal in Ahmadnagar. The Mughals reached the palace of Chand Bibi to kill her. At this time of the disaster, Chand Bibi came out of his apartment and fought bravely and was killed, and therefore, the Mughals captured Ahmadnagar in 1009/1600.