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==Early life==

After the death of [[Ali Adil Shah I]]'s death in 1580, the nobles of the kingdom decided to appoint Ibrahim, son of Tahmash Adil Shah and nephew of Ali Adil Shah I as the King. At this time, Ibrahim Adil Shah II was a nine-year old boy<ref name="orbat_wars">{{cite web

|url=http://orbat.com/site/cimh/kings_master/kings/ibrahimII_adil_shahi/ibrahimII_adil_shahi.html

|title=The Wars & Campaigns of Ibrahim Adil Shahi II of Bijapur 1576-1626

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}}</ref>. The first regent of Ibrahim was a general called Kamal Khan Deccani. Kamal Khan showed disrespect to [[Chand Bibi]], whothe [[dowager]] queen. Chand Bibi felt that he had ambitions to usurp the throne. Chand BibiShe instigated another general, Haji Kishvar Khan, against Kamal Khan. Kamal Khan was captured while fleeing and was behahed in the fort.

Kishvar Khan became the second regent of Ibrhaim. He defeated the Ahmednagar Sultan at Dharaseo, capturing all the artillery and elephants of the enemy army. He then ordered other Bijapur generals to surrender all captured elephants to him. The elephants were highly valued and the generals took great offense. The generals, along with Chand Bibi, hatched a plan to eliminate Kishvar Khan with help from General Mustafa Khan of Bankapur. Kishvar Khan's spies informed him of the conspiracy. Kishvar Khan sent troops against Mustafa Khan, who was captured and killed in the battle<ref name="orbat_wars"/>.

Chand Bibi challenged Kishvar Khan, who got her imprisioned at the [[Satara]] fort and tried to declare himself the king. However, Kishvar Khan was already unpopular among rest of the generals. He was forced to flee, when a joint army led by General IkhalsIkhlas Khan marched to Bijapur. Kishvar Khan tried his luck at Ahmednagar unsuccessfully, and then fled to Golconda. He was killed in exile by a relative of Mustafa Khan. Chand Bibi was then declared the regent<ref name="orbat_wars"/>.

Ahmadnagar's Nizam Shahi sultan allied with the Qutab Shahis of Golconda to attack Bijapur. The troops available at Bijapur were not sufficient to repuse the joint attack. Chand Bibi appointed the general Abu-ul-Hassan, who called for the [[Maratha]] forces in Carnatic. The Marathas attacked the invaders' supply lines and forced them to retreat<ref name="orbat_wars"/>.