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=== South Asia ===
After years of resistance against the Delhi Sultan [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]], the [[Bahmani Kingdom]], a Muslim Sultanate in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], was established on August 3, when King Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah was crowned in a mosque in [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]].<ref name=BahmaniSultanate>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bahmani-sultanate|website=www.Britannica.com|title=Bahmani Sultanate|author=Maren Goldberg and Thinley Kalsang Bhutia|year=2016|access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> Later in the year, the Kingdom's capital was moved from Daulatabad to the more central [[Gulbarga]].<ref>{{ISBN|0-7614-7635-0}} pp. 335</ref><ref>Britannica, Encyclopedia et al. Students' Britannica India. New Delhi: Encyclopædia Britannica (India), 2000. {{ISBN|0-85229-760-2}} pp. 149</ref> Southeast Asia suffered a drought which dried up an important river which ran through the capital city of the Kingdom of Ayodhya, forcing the King to move the capital to a new location on the [[Lop Buri River]].<ref>[[Steve van Beek|Van Beek, Steve]] and Luca Invernizzi. The Arts of Thailand. Berkeley: Periplus Editions, 1999. {{ISBN|962-593-262-3}} pp. 139</ref>