Burhanpur

Burhanpur is a historical city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on the southwestern edge of the state near the north bank of the Tapti River. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District and is governed as a Municipal Corporation. The city lies about 512 kilometres northeast of Mumbai and about 340 kilometres southwest of the state capital, Bhopal. Its recorded history reaches back to the Rashtrakuta period, and it rose to prominence in 1388 when Malik Nasir Khan of the Faruqi dynasty, Sultan of Khandesh, established it at the urging of Shaikh Zainuddin and named it for the Sufi saint Burhan-ud-Din. It then served as the capital of the Khandesh sultanate and became a major centre of trade and textile production. After the Mughal emperor Akbar annexed Khandesh in 1601 it became the capital of the Khandesh province, and later the Maratha and British periods followed. The Shahi Qila palace, with its royal bath, survives in part along the river. The 2011 census recorded 210,886 residents.