Maharasthra (literally `great nation’) came back on the map
of Indian after a lapse of more than three centuries. Its rebirth was the
results of a bitter linguistic struggle; it united three different parts;
a) western
Maharasthra, including Konkani from the Mumbai province
b) Mahathwada
from the old Hyderabad
state; and
c) Vidarbha
from central Provinces.
The successive rule of Muslim dynasties from AD 1294 onwards/ground
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Muslim rule
After the Yadavas, Maharashtra
came under The successive rule of Muslim dynasties from A.D. 1294 onwards.
There first came the Khiljis and the Tughlaks, to be followed by the Bahamanis
with their capital at Gulbarga.
As many Bahamanis rulers were patrons of art and learning, they gave a new
impetus to the Marathi language by allowing it to draw more impetus to the
Marathi language by allowing it to draw more and more from Persian, which was
then the court language. Marathi literature flourished and produced two of its
greatest figures during this period- Eknath and Desopant. On the collapse of
the Bahamanis, who ruled for more than 200 years, arose the five independent
Muslim Sultanates of Adil Shashi, Barid Shahi, Qutub Shahi, Imam Shahi and
Nizam Shahi. They sustained their rule on the support of the various Maratha chieftains,
who aligned themselves with one dynasty or the other, thus dividing their own
strength. This caused much unrest and even anarchy in some areas.