Musuniri

Musuniri was the realm of Telugu warrior chiefs who rose after the Delhi Sultanate sacked Warangal in 1323. In 1336 Kapaya Nayaka seized Warangal from the Delhi governor Malik Maqbul and ruled a wide swathe of eastern Telangana.

Kapaya's wars with the Bahmani Sultanate cost him forts including Golconda. Under a treaty in 1361 he surrendered Warangal's turquoise throne to the Bahmani sultan Mohammed Shah I. In 1368 the Recherla Nayakas killed him in battle at Bhimavaram, ending Musuniri rule and becoming the leading power in Telangana.