Q. Who among the following Sultans of Bahmani Kingdom ordered for the death of Mahmud Gawan (Prime Minister)?
Answer: Muhammad Shah III
Notes: In the Bahmani Kingdom, Mahmud Gawan was appointed as the vakil-us-sultanate under Humayun Shah (1457-1461 AD).
Later, he became the Chief Minister in the court of Muhammad Shah-III (1463-1482 AD). Only, due to a onspiracy against him, Sultan ordered for the death of Mahmud Gawan in 1482 AD. Later, Muhammad Shah III himself heart broken over his miscalculated judgment died in 1482 AD.