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accordance with his will and with the concurrence of the army, 'All 'Adil Shah ascended the throne.
Immediately after this, according to some accounts, Darya 'Imad Shâh obeyed the summons of God, and Tufál40 Khan, one of his amirs, who was more powerful than all the rest owing to the strength of his army and his high position, became all powerful in the kingdom of Berar, as will be related hereafter. LXIV.-AN ACCOUNT OF THE QUARREL BETWEEN HUSAIN NI SHH AND
SADISHIVARAYA.41 A.D. 1560. There had long been quarrels between Ibrahim Adil Shah I and Sadashivaraya, and Ibrahim's territories had suffered from the inroads both of Ahmadnagar and of Vijayanagar, many of the forts of Bijapur being destroyed by the army of Ahnadnagar. Now that 'Ali `Adil Shah had ascended the throne of Bijapür, he began to court the friendship of Sadashivaraya and sent him valuable gifts as tribute, so that Sadashivaraya began to ignore and violate the treaties into which he had entered with the Nizâm Shahi
140 This unusual name is written Tafa"ul (augury' or 'divination') throughout the MS. Tufal as it is usually written, means spittle. The form in the MS. is probably correct, but I have adopted the more usual form, partly for typographical reasons. Dary& 'Imad Shah died in A.D. 1560.
11! In this account of the invasion of the Ahmadnagar kingdom by Sadashivaraya, 'Al 'Adil Shah i, and Ibrahim Qutb Shah, Sayyid Alf conceals much that is to the discredit of Husain Nizam Shah I, especially his bitter humiliation before the "infidel" SadAshivaraya. It was to avenge the capture of Sholapur and Kaliyâni by Burhan I that 'Ali Adil Shah entered into an alliance with SadAshivarâys. Ibrahim Qutb Shah was compelled to join it for the reasons already given in note 36. Husain's advisers strongly urged him to attempt to purchase peace by the retrocession of Kaliyani, but he obetinately refused to listen to the suggestion. The statement that "the accursed Bhopal RA!" had surrendered
aliyani is not true. The retrocession of Kaliyêni was the least humiliating of the three conditions which Husain was eventually forced to accept. Darya 'Imad Shah wae not yet dead and Husain believed that he would be able to persuade him, Mubarak II of Khandesh, and Ali Barid ShAh of Bidar to come to his assistance. Khinjahân, brother of 'All Barld, was now in the service of Darya in Berar. He was under the influence of All'Adil Shah, and not only dissuaded Darya from assisting Husain but invaded the latter's dominions with 5,000 horse and foot from Berar. Being utterly defeated by Mulla Muhammad of NishAbar, he was afraid to return to Darya 'Imad Shah and entered the service of AR 'Adil ShAh, Darya now made Jahangir Khân, the Dakani, his minister, and sent him with an army to the assistance of Husain. He marched to the borders of Bijapur and did good service in cutting off the supplies of the powerful allies, Meanwhile, Ibråhim Qutb Shah began to repent of having joined the confederacy, for he feared that if Bijapur swallowed Ahmadnagar he would be the next victim, and the conduct of the Hindue in destroying and defiling mosques and ravishing Muhammadan women was scandalizing all Muslims. He opened communi. cations with the garrison of Ahmadnager and assisted them greatly by allowing supplies to pass through his lines to the fort. At length he served his new allies as he had served Husain before Gulbarga, and retired in the night to his own kingdom, leaving his camp standing. The besiegers were now short of supplies, owing to the activity of Jahangir Khan, and retired to Ashti, sending an army to reduce Parenda; but Husain was in great distress and was forced to sue for peace, which Sadashivardya, who was, in fact, the leader of the confederacy against him, granted on three conditions, the restoration of Kaliyani to 'Al
Adil, the execution of the valiant Jahangir Khan, and Husain's personal submission before him. Huisair accepted these terms, and basely put to death a valiant ally, the servant of a friendly sovereign, to save himself and his kingdom. Sadashivarêya was seated on his throne when usain appeared before him and gave Husain his hand to kiss. Husain humiliated himself, but foolishly inmulted the Hindu by calling for water and ostentatiously washing his hands. Sadashivarkys said, in Canarese, 'If he were not my guest, the largest part of him that would be left whole would be the tipe of his fingurs. Peace was, however, made between them, and Hussin delivered the keys of Kaliyani to Sadashivardys who gave them to 'Ali Adil Shah. See F. ii, 67, 335, B.8. : 84; and T.M.O.S.
