Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Bahmani Kingdom ultimately disintegrated into five smaller sultanates despite having capable rulers and a strong military.
Reason (R): There was a chronic, bloody factional rivalry between the 'Deccanis' (indigenous Muslim nobles) and the 'Afaqis' (newcomer nobles from Persia and Central Asia) which destroyed the internal cohesion of the state.
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Both A and R are true, and R correctly explains A. The continuous civil war and mistrust between the Afaqis (Gharibs) and Deccanis (who were often allied with Abyssinian/Habshi nobles) severely weakened the Bahmani center, leading to its breakup after the execution of Mahmud Gawan.

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