Indian Antiquary Vol 50

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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JAN., 1921) HISTORY OF THE NIZAM SHAH KINGS OF AHMADNAGAR
to his capital, where he passed his time in enjoying himself, in administering justice, and in distributing largesse. 118 L.-AN ACOOUNT OF THE TREATY BETWEEN RAM RAJ (SADASHIVARAYA) RULER OF VIJAYANAGAR AND BURHÌN NIM SHJH WITH REGARD TO THE CAPTURE OF THE
FORTRESSES OF RAICHUR AND SHOLAPOR. A. D. 1552. It has already been mentioned that Burhan Nizam Shah was ever meditating the recapture of Sholậpûr. He now, by the advice of some of his officers of state, entered into a treaty with Ram Raj (Sadashivaraya) of Vijayanagar, by the terms of which he was to assist Sadasbivaraya in taking the fortress of Raichår from Ibrahim Adil Shah and Sadashivaraya was, in return for this aid, to assist him in recovering Sholapur from Ibrahim Adil Shah. 119
As soon as this treaty had been concluded, Sadashivaraya assembled a large army and invaded the kingdom of Bijâpâr, and when Burhan Nigam Shah heard that he had marched into Ibrahîm 'Adil Shâh's dominions, he assembled his army at the capital and marched to Humâyûnpar, where he halted for some days to complete his arrangements.
When the king was halting at Humâyûnpûr, he heard that the Sayyid, Shah Haidar, whom he had sent on an embassy to Shah Tahmâsb, son of Shah Ismail, Shâh of Persia, had returned, and had landed at the port of Murtaza-abad Chaul. The king sent Maulana Alt Kal Astarabadi, one of his most intimate courtiers, to receive Shah Haidar, and to bring him to court. The army had not marched from Humâyûnpur when Shah Haidar arrived and, after having been received with the greatest honour, presented to the king the gifts which he had brought for him from the court of Persia, and a letter written to him by Shah Tahmåsb.
After this, Burhan Nigam Shah gave Shah Haidar leave to return to Ahmadnagar in order that he might rest there after the fatigues of his journey, and the army marched from Humayûnpûr towards Rdichûr. On the arrival of the army at Raichûr, it was found that SadAshivaraya had already reached that place from Vijayanagar. Sadashivaraya had the honour of meeting Burhan Nizam Shah, and the army of Vijayanagar besieged Riachår on the east, while the army of Abmadnagar besieged it on the west. But the fortress of RAichar is famous throughout the Dakan for its strength, and, although the two armies closely besieged it for a long time, there appeared to be but little prospect of success. Burhan Nizam Shah, therefore, came to the conclusion that as the fortress could not be taken for a long time, in the course of which the rainy season would begin, the energies of two armies were being wasted in the attempt to reduce it; and he decided that it would be better to leave Sadashivaraya to continue the siege of Raichår, while he, with the army, marched to
119 Ibrahim Adil Shah I after his defeat at Kaliyani, invaded the Abmadnagar kingdom by another route, laid waste Bir and some other districte and, on his hormoward journey, appeared ruddenly before Parenda, found the gates open, oocupied the fort and drove out Khvija Jahan's garrison. He then placed one of his own Dekant offloers in command of the fortress and retired to Bijapur. Tho Dakant commandant was & coward and lived in perpetual terror of being attacked by Burbån Nigam Shah. Ono night howac awakened by the buzzing of a mosquito and imagined that he had heard the enemy's trumpote. He leapt out of bed, caused the gates to be opened, and fled in terror, followed by the garrison. Burhan, on his arrival, found the fort empty and occupied. Ibrahim caused the Dakan commandant to be beheaded for his cowardice.
119 Sayyid 'Alt's aboount of this campaign, which occurred in A. H. 959 (A.D. 1652) is substantially the same as that given by Firishta, who, however, adds that 'Saddahivardys captured both Raichap and Mudgal.