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DEC., 1920] HISTORY OF THE NIZAM SHAHI KINGS OF AHMADNAGAR
Ibrahim 'Adil Shah, and, as before, skirmishes took place daily. One day Bahadur Khân, brother of 'Alam Khan and one of Burhân Nigam Shah's officers, attacked the enemy and performed great feats of valour, but since the enemy greatly outnumbered him, they were able to surround him, and he was very nearly taken prisoner; but reinforcements were sent from the army of Ahmadnagar and freed Bahadur Khân from his perilous position. Afterwards Fir Muḥammad Khân, with the small force under his command, attacked the Adilshâhî army and fought most bravely, but was at length taken prisoner and carried before Ibrahim 'Adil Shah, who highly praised him for his valour and, giving him a robe of honour and a reward, allowed him to depart.
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After that the king commanded Mushir-ul-Mulk the Afghan, to attack the enemy and ordered Firûz Khân to support him, but although Mushir-ul-Mulk displayed great valour on that day, the attack was unsuccessful, and Firaz Khân, who was envious, reported to the king that Mushir-ul-Mulk had not behaved well before the enemy. The king, in his displeasure with Mushir-ul-Mulk the Afghân, deprived him of his command and transferred it to Allâh Dad Daulat Khân, but Daulat Khân informed the king that Mushir-ul-Mulk had behaved very bravely in the fight and that Firaz Khan's report was false. The king then sent for Daulat Khan's brothers, who had been with Mushir-ul-Mulk in the battle, and asked them for an account of the fight. They insisted that Mushir-ul-Mulk had shewn great bravery, and the kir g then restored Mushir-ul-Mulk to his command and honoured him before his fellows; but Firûz Khan, who had made a lying report, fell from favour.
One day at about this time Nûr Khân 'Adilshâht made an attack on the royal army and Kamil Khan, ore of the amirs of Ahmadnagar, was wounded with an arrow. Burhân Nizam Shah sent Shuja'at Khan, Azhdaha Khân, and Daulat Khân to the assistance of Kâmil Khân with instructions to punish Nûr Khân. These amirs attacked Nor Khân, who, being unable to withstand them, took to flight. Some of the Ahmadnagaris pursued him and slew several Bijapûris, and returned with their horses and arms.
Ibrahim 'Adil Shah again found that his troops were not able to withstand those of Ahmadnagar and, as he had done before, returned to Bljâpâr by the road by which he had come and thus made an end of the strife. Burhan Nizam Shah then returned in triumph to his capital.
XLI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF SILBA, BETWEEN BURHAN NIZAM SHAH AND IBRAHIM 'ADIL SHIH, AND OF OTHER EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED ABOUT THAT TIME.
Some months after the retreat of Ibrâhîm 'Adil Shah from Sholapur to Bijapur and the return of Burhân Nizam Shah to his capital, Asad Khân Adilshâhi, who was always at heart a faithful servant of the kingdom of Ahmadnagar, and shewed his fidelity in all campaigns and battles between Ahmadnagar and Bijâpûr, took ill; and in his sickness it occurred to him that as Ibrâhîm 'Adil Shâh wes always suspicious of him, he might take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of him. He therefore wrote secretly to Burhân Nizam Shah, urging him to invade the kingdom of Bijapur, in order that Ibrâhîm 'Adil Shah, being perturbed by the invasion of his country, might abandon his design against him.
As Ibrahim 'Adil Shah, unlike the rest of the amirs of the Dakan 104 who were usually submissive and obedient to the king, attended at court when called upon, and attended him in his wars (and if occasionally one of them were disloyal or disobedient, he became the object of the king's wrath and speedily met with his deserts), was constantly at enmity
104 This is a very impudent attempt to represent an independent sovereign as one of the amire of Burhan Nigam Shah's court.
