Indian Antiquary Vol 49

SR No.: 032541
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 252
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 34 MB

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SEPT., 1920)
HISTORY OF THE NIZAM SHAHI KINGS OF AHMADNAGAR
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in the desire of supporting the panel, would say 'munddsd paihara band, 56 that is to say,
Tie your turban again " in order that that person might realize the object of the question and thus escape punishment.
Khân
The following are the names of some of the officers of state, the amirs, and the vazirs of Ahmad Nizam Shah :
(1) Malik Nazir-ul-Mulk Gujarati, Vakil and Pishwa.57 (2) Dalpat Rai, vazir of the Government. (3) Qazi Khvând-i-Majlisi. )
Vazira. (4) Ustâd Khvâja bin Dabîr. (5) Kâmil Khân. (6) Zarif-ul-Mulk the Afghân. (7) Jalâl Rûmî Khân. (8) Kadam Khân. (9) Munir Khân. (10) Falad Khân. (11) Malik Raja Dastur-ul-Mulk.
(12) Sayyid Mu'izz-ud-din. XX-THE ACCESSION OF AL-MU'AYYAD MINʻINDI-'LLIK ABU-L-MUZAFFAR BURHAN Nigam SHK TO THE THRONE OF SOVEREIGNTY, AND A BRIEF ACCOUNT
OF THE EVENTS OF HIS REIGN. When the king Al-Musta'àn bi-'inayati-'lláh Abul Muzaffar Ahmad Shah (bin Muhammad Shah bin Humayan Shah Bahmani) having cleared the land of his enemies and given fresh lustre to Islâm, died in A.H. 911 (A.D. 1505-06), his son, Abd'l Muyaffar Burhan Nizâm Shâh in the same year, viz., A.H. 911,58 adorned with his person the crown and throne of sovereignty, and caused both the currency and the khutbah of the Dakan to run in his name. In his reign the wolf herded the sheep and the hawk guarded the pigeon.
It is well known that the events in the reign of Burhan Nizâm Shah were so numerous that they cannot easily be narrated, for, according to the best-known accounts, the king reigned for nearly fifty years, and of all those years there was not one in which his armies did not go forth to fight against his enemies; and as no historian has hitherto attempted to give a detailed and systematic account of his reign and many discrepancies are to be found between the accounts of those who lived in that fortunate reign, or shortly after it, especially with regard to the sequence of events, the author of this history trusts that he will not be severely censured for any errors or discrepancies that may appear in his account.
Burhan Nizam Shah, at the time of his accession, was not quite seven years of age, and Mukammal Khân, who had held the office of vakil and pishva since the reign of the late king, Ahmad Shah Bahri, took the whole administration of the army and the state into his own
50 An expression taken from either Markthi or Hindi. Finishta draws largely on this account of Ahmad Nizam Shah's character.
57 This office was characteristic of the Muhammadan kingdoms of the Dekan and Sivaji followed the examplo of the Muhammadan kings. The powers attached to the officer were much greater than those of an ordinary minister.
# Pirinhta (ü, 198) gives the chronograma, ve for the 2000sion of Burhan Nila Shah I. This given tho dato 014 (A.D. 1608-09).