The Bahmani Sultanate disintegrated into five Deccan Sultanates, similar in culture. After which, the Bahmani Sultanate collapsed, resulting it being split into five small Deccan sultanates. The sultanate was the most powerful of all the Comorian sultanates. They facilitated the formation of Sultanates and conquests in Mindanao and Sulu. They have traditionally been organized into nomadic pastoral clans, loose empires, sultanates and city-states. The latter disintegrated to form five Deccan Sultanates. The Kingdom later split into five offshoots that were collectively known as the Deccan sultanates. The CKP community became more prominent during the Deccan sultanates and Maratha rule era. Siamese authorities had exercised substantial control over Malay sultanates since Ayutthaya times. Contacts between Bengal and the Sultanates of Brunei and Aceh are recorded in Chinese accounts. Shivaji's father Shahaji Bhonsle was a Maratha general who served the Deccan Sultanates. The sultanates united against the Vijayanagara Empire. These were the areas under the Mysore and Carnatic sultanates. These settlements endured despite attacks from neighboring Muslim Sultanates. The economy of the Sulu sultanates was largely run by slaves and the slave trade.