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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Tabakah II.
Bahmani Kings whose capital was Bidar. CHAPTER IX,
Reign of Sultan Aḥmad Shah.
His titles.
His accession generably approved.
Had seven sons. Gives titles to three of them.
Gives Khalf Ḥaşan the title of Malik-ut-Tijâr.
Death of Saiyid Muhammad Gisû Darâz.
The Sultan invites a saint named Shah Ni'mat-Ullâh, from Kirmân, to visit the Daklan. Goes to Antûr to meet him.
[MAY, 1899.
Sultan Ahmad in the second year of his reign (A. D. June 1423) made Bidar his capital. Marries his eldest son, Prince Zafar Khân, to the daughter of Mirân Mubarak Fârîkî, the ruler of Khandesh.
Invades the "mountainous country" (name not mentioned).
Takes Marmat (?), and returns to Bedar.
Invades Telinganâ, and takes Mandal (?) and Warangal.
The Rayas of Devkunda (Devarkunda) and Rajkoṇḍa tender their submission, and agree to pay tribute. The Sultan returns to Bidar.
Marches against Mâhûr, which he besieges, but, failing to take it, returns to Bidar to rest.
A year afterwards he again goes against Mâhûr, and takes it by assault.
Takes Kallam by assault, and returns to Bidar.
Sends Khalf Hasan Malik-ut-Tijâr on an expedition to the Konkan.
Khalf Hasan takes a number of places in the Konkan. His successes and his favour with the. Sultan excite the jealousy of the Dakhani nobles.
The Sultan again goes to war with Vijayanagar. Takes several forts, and returns to Bidar.
Narsing Râya of Kherlâ, Gondwânâ, applies to the Sultan for assistance.
Narsing Râya breaks faith with him, and enters into an alliance with Alp Khân (Sultân Hushang Ghûri) of Malwâ.
The Sultan retreats in order to see whether Alp Khân will attack him.
The nobles expostulate with him for his apparent timidity. The Sultan asks the opinion of the doctors of law.
He returns towards Kherlah, and gives battle to Alp Khân. Defeats Alp Khân, and captures his baggage and haram. Sends back the haram under escort to the Mâlwâ frontier.
Takes possession of Narsing's territory as far as Mâhûr (sic) and assigns it to his second son, Prince Mahmûd Khân.
Returns to Bidar.
Applies to Shah Nûr-ud-Din Ni'mat-Ullah Wall for a spiritual guide.
Shah Khalil-Ullah Wali son of this saint-goes to the Dakhan in 1439.
