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to hold the fortress against the besieging army, and being well aware that Ibrahim 'Adir ShAh could send them no assistance, resolved to surrender, and the commandant came forth and submitter! himself to Burhan Nigam Shah, to whom he presented the keys of the fortrese, thus obtaining exemption from the fate of the garrison of the fortress taken by storm. Burhân Nizam Shah ther appointed one of his officers commandant of the fortress and returned to Abmadnager.
Some historians say that Burhan Nizam Shah, after capturing Sholâpôr, marched to Bijâpar, and besieged Ibrahim 'Adil Sb Ah, who shut himself up in the citadel ard sent an envoy to Burhan Nizam Shah, promising that if the latter would pardon his misdeeds ond leave him in peace, he would ever be obedient to him. According to this account, Burhan Nigam Shah acceded to the request of Ibrahim 'Adil Shah and returned from Bij&par to Ahmadnagar. But God knows the truth of the matter. XXXIX.-AN ACOOUNT OF IBRAHIM 'ĀDIL SHAH'S EXPEDITION FOR THE BEOOVERY
OF SHOLAPOR AND OF BURHIN NISAM SHAR'S MARCH TO MEET HIM. Wher Burhân Nigam Shah had returned to Abmadnagar after the capture of SholApar, or, as other historians say, after the siege of Bijapár, Ibrahim Adil Shah assembled his army for the purpose of recovering Shol&por, and, having marched to that fortress, besieged it. He directed his army to throw up lines of contravallation as a defence against the army of Ahmadpagar when it should march to the relief of Sholapur.
When Burhan Nizâm Shab heard that Ibrahim Adil Shåh was besieging Shol&pur, he assembled a very large army and sent it to Sholậpur, where it encamped near the ground occupied by the army of Bijapur. Every day skirmishes took place and the troops of Abmadnagar were usually victorious over those of Btjápar.
One day about forty valiant horseme of Abmadnagar, among whom were Ashraf Khan, Farang Khân, Firüz Khan, Sayyid Muhammad Qasim, Miyên Tund, Khalji Khan, Shail Mulch târ, Miyan Afghan, Shaikh Khanus, Farhad Khan, Anwar Chata Khân, 'Aziz-ul-Mulk, Sayyid Ibrahim, Sayyid Uwais and others, while out reconnoitring passed near the larger of Ibrahim 'Adil Shah. Qadam Khan and Mustafa Kan of Bijâpâr, with 3,000 horse and Beveral elephants, were employed in constructing this laager, and when they saw how few there were of the army of Ahmadnagar, they lay in wait for them and suddenly attacked them. The forty horsemen, however, threw themselves upon their assailants and at length Overcame them and dispersed them, pursuing them nearly as far as Ibrahim 'Adil Shah's tonte. Just then Ikhlaa Khån, one of Burhan Nizam Shah's amirs, came up with fifty horse, and when he saw that forty horsemen had defeated a large body of the enemy, he too, fired, with the spirit of emulation, attacked a force under Qabal Khan Adilsh&hi, which was without the laager, defeated it, and put it to flight.
When Ibråhim 'Adil Shah saw that his army was unable to meet that of Ahmadnagar in the field, he lost heart, left Sholapur at night and returned to Bijâpär, whereupon Burhan Nigam Shah returned to Abmadnagar. XL.-AN ACCOUNT OF IBRİHÍM 'ADIL SHAH'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO RECOVER SHOLAPOR, OF THE EXPEDITION OF BURHÂN Nigam SHAH TO MEET MIX AND OY
THE LATTER'S VICTORY. After a while Ibrahim 'Adil Shah was again moved with the desire to recover Sholdpar, and marched thither with a large army and besieged it as before, constructing lines of contravallation and a strong laager, within which he took up his quarters. Burhån Nizam Shah then marched from Abmadnagar with a large army and encamped over against
