Mahmud gawan biography of william
Mahmud gawan biography of william
Mahmud gawan biography of william hamilton!
Mahmud Gawan
Persian statesman and poet (1411–1481)
Mahmud Gawan | |
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| Tenure | 1466 – 5 April 1481 |
| Predecessor | Jahan Turk |
| Successor | Malik Hasan Bahri |
| Native name | Khwaja Mahmud Gilani |
| Years active | 1458–1481 |
| Born | 1411 Gawan, Biya-pis |
| Died | 5 April 1481 (age 69–70) Bidar, Bahmani Sultanate |
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Mahmud Gawan (1411 – 5 April 1481) was a Persian statesman who served as the chief minister, or Peshwa[2] of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1458 and de facto ruler as prime minister from 1466 until his death in 1481.
Mahmud Gawan, from the village of Gawan in Persia, was well-versed in Islamic theology, Persian, and the sciences and was a poet and a prose writer of repute.
After emigrating from a small kingdom in Persia in 1453, Mahmud was appointed a high-ranking noble by Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah, the Sultan of t