Sultana Chand Bibi (b. 1550; d. 1599) was the acting ruler and regent of the Bijapur Sultanate from 1580–90 and of Ahmednagar Sultanate from 1595–1600. She was the wife of Ali Adil Shah I and is best remembered for their military defence of Ahmednagar from the Mughal emperor Akbar’s forces in 1595.
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