Far past it now but if i recall my current Orissa game correct Bijapur first showed itself as Muslim, as Bahmanis started out with an explosion getting ganked by just about everyone in the neighborhood, quickly got killed by Gujarat and Vijay ... following a war shortly afterwards between me and Vijay they succeeded as separatist rebels (together with several other tags), this time popping as Hindu, but still with Sultanate ideas... and stayed Hindu for a couple of decades until i got around eating them