Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534-1558), the younger brother of Mallu became the next Sultan through the machinations of the afaqi faction at the court. He was the first Adil Shahi ruler to assume the royal title of SHAH. Peace and tranqutely prevailed with the crowning of Ibrahim Adil Shah 1. Within a few days the new King became the Apple of the public eye. Like his father, Ibrahim Adil Shah too was brave and chivalrous. Many wars were fought during his reign. He was always alert and well prepared for any foreign attack. Persian King Themasep held him in high esteem and often quoted that "there are no equals to Afar Aeap Turk and Ibrahim Adil Shah Deccani in bravery and strength". He brought about great changes in Administration, and financial matters. He inducted both the Deccani and the Habshees to the important offices including Military. The official language was changed from Persian to Marathi.

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Conspiracy to dethrone the Ibrahim Adil Shah I

The King personally took over the command in various battles. By nature he was very brave. Ill tempered and cruel as well, which created hatred amongst the public and led to a revolt. They wanted to replace with him with Prince Abdulla. He got an air of the conspiracy and immediately orders the beheading of 110 officers, who were involved in the conspiracy. Prince Abdulla, feared for his life and took shelter in Goa, with the Portiguse. Ibrahim Adil Shah fought against the Governor of Goa in 1546 AD, Burhan Nizam Shah Bahmani and Ram Raj of Vijay Nagar in 1551 AD. He also fought against Husaain Nizam Shah at Sholapur in 1553 AD

The King personally took over the command in various battles. By nature he was very brave. Ill tempered and cruel as well, which created hatred amongst the public and led to a revolt. They wanted to replace with him with Prince Abdulla. He got an air of the conspiracy and immediately orders the beheading of 110 officers, who were involved in the conspiracy. Prince Abdulla, feared for his life and took shelter in Goa, with the Portiguse. Ibrahim Adil Shah fought against the Governor of Goa in 1546 AD, Burhan Nizam Shah Bahmani and Ram Raj of Vijay Nagar in 1551 AD. He aslo fought against Husaain Nizam Shah at Sholapur in 1553 AD.

Character of Ibrahim Adil Shah I
He always encourages brave warriors, Scholars, Religious leaders. He himself was a great scholar. But also enjoys the company of female and luxoury.

he had four sons namely Ismail, Ali, Tahmasep and Ahmed and two dauTani Bibi married to Ali Bareed and Hadeea Sultan married to Murtuza Nizam Shah of Bahri. He died of Tuberculosis and piles. He was burried in Gogi. near Chanda Shah Wali and his forefathers graves.

He inhabited Ibrahimpur .He got married in 1526 AD. and built a magnificent mosque in the same year. He also constructed Sola thumb Mahal (Sixteen Pillars Palace) . Bijapur Forts in 1540 AD. Ghalib Masjid in 1543 in which there are 1303 windows are provided for illumination.
Raichur Fort in 1549 AD
Old Jamia Masjid near Darga Hazrat Sakaf Qadri in Sakaf Rouza Street Bijapur

His Military Might
Thirty Thousand cavalry - Infantry
450 trained elephants
His treasury had 1 Crore 50 Lakh Hans.

On his accession, he expelled the names of the twelve Shi’ah Imams from the Khutbah and restored the exercise of the Sunni practices. He deviated from the traditions of his predecessors and introduced many innovations in the political and religious policies. He struck a fatal blow to the afaqi faction by degrading them (with a few exceptions); and in their place enrolled the Deccani (including Marathas) and Habashis to the services and retained only four hundred afaqi troops as his bodyguard. Consequently, many Marathas acquired great influence at his court and it is noteworthy that public accounts began to be maintained in Marathi.

Ibrahim’s anti-afaqi policy, however, considerably weakened the kingdom as the dismissed personnel joined the service of the neighbouring rulers. This exposed the kingdom to a series of invasions. Yet it was the veteran afaqi leader Asad Khan Lari (Buried in Belgaum), who acting as a diplomatic counselor to Ibrahim, saved the kingdom in the hour of crisis.

The reign of Ibrahim, which lasted twenty-four years and a few months, was full of alliances and counter-alliances with and against Ahmadnagar, Bidar, Berar, Golkonda and Vijayanagar. Although there were continuous expeditions much territorial expansion was not made, for gains in one direction were compensated by loss on the other side. Thus while Bidar was conquered, Solapur and Kalyani were lost to Ahmadnagar. On the other hand considerable acquisitions were made in the south along the west-coast. The fartherest point of Bijapur territory now extended south of Goa. Further, though Golkonda was not subdued, Bijapur arms were able to reach the walls of Golkonda fort and return triumphantly. He was buried near the famous Sufi saint Hazrat Chandah Hussaini Ashrafi in Gogi, where his father, Ismail and grandfather Yusuf were also buried.

References
Wakiyate Mamlakate Bijapur by Basheeruddin Dehelvi.
Tareekhe Farishta by Kasim Farishta
External Relation of Bijapur Adil Shahis.