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of his benefactors, and was considering the advisability of entering the service of Ahmad. nagar, to propose an offensive and defensive alliance and to appoint a place where he might meet the forces of Ahmadnagar for the purpose of acting in concert with them. At the same time the army of Ahmadnagar marched towards the frontier of Berar for the purpose of concluding a treaty of friendship. Tufal Khân at first turned a deaf ear to the proposals of the envoy, but when he heard of the approach of Khûnzah Humâyûn with the army of Ahmad. nagar he set forth with a large army to join Murtaza Nizam Shah and marched with him towards Telingana, while an envoy was sent in advance to Ibrahim Qutb Shah to invito him to join the confederacy. Ibrâhîm Qutb Shâh responded at once, joined the army of Ahmadnagar with his army, and renewed his treaty with Ahmadnagar. The three allied armies then marched against 'Ali Adil Shâh.
When 'Ali 'Adil Shah heard that Tufal Khan and Ibrahim Qatb Shah had joined Murtaza Nizâm Shah, he abandoned all idea of sustaining a conflict and of acquiring military fame, and began a retreat. The allied armies then invaded Bijapûr and plundered the country, destroying or carrying off the crops and devastating habitations.
'Alî 'Adil Shah retreated from place to place in order to escape the invaders, and was perpetually on the march. When the allies reached Bijapur, several of the amirs of Ahmad. nagar, such as 'Inayatullah, who was then wakil and pishvá, Farhad Khan, Ghalib Khan, Kamil Khân, Miyân Manjhu, and Ranghår Khân, carried fire and sword even to the glacis of the fort, slaying many of the Bijâpûrî army. The garrison which 'Ali `Adil Shâh had left to defend the town and fortress defended the place to the best of their ability, and there was great slaughter on both sides.
When the king (or Khûnzah Humayun) realized that 'Ali Adil Shah would not meet the allies in the field, and 'Ali' Adil Shah had, in fact, by means of agents in the allied armies, sued for peace, and had expressed his repentance for what he had done, Khânzah Humâyûn consented to the conclusion of peace; and after the terms had been arranged, the army returned to Ahmadnagar, Ibrahim Qutb Shah and Tufal Khân departing for their own territories in the course of the homeward march. LXXII.-AN ACCOUNT OF THE ALLIANCE OF 'ALI ADIL SHH WITH MURTAZA Nizim SHİH AGAINST TUFAL KHAN, AND THE TERMINATION OF THE ALLIANCE IN STRIFE
AND ENMITY. After the return of the army to Abmadnagar, it occurred to 'Ali `Adil Shâh that it would be well to make an insincere peace with Murtaza Nizâm Shah and to utilize him for wreaking his vengeance on Tufâl Khân.162 He therefore sent an envoy to Ahmadnagar to express his desire for mutual friendship and for meeting Murtaza Nizam Shah in order that the old treaties between Abmadnagar and Bijâpûr might be renewed and that the two kingdoms might make common cause against their common enemies. The amirs and officers of Ahmadnagar, who regarded peace with Bijâpůr as the best policy at that time, ensured a favourable recep. tion for the envoy and sent him away with all his requests granted. The two kings then set out to meet one another and met at the fortress of Ausa. Here the two kings renewed and revived the treaties of peace and friendship which had aforetime existed between the king. doms of Ahmadnagar and Bijâpor, and agreed to make war upon Tufal Khân of Berar, who had rebelled against his master and had possessed himself of the kingdom of Berar, and to set the 'Imad Shâhi family free from his domination. Farhad Khân, with a corps from the army
162 Here again Sayyid Ali's account is most misleading. He makes it appear that 'Ali Adil Shah wished to take vengeance on Tufal Khan for having joined MurtapÅ Nigam Shah against him, whereas it was Khunzah Humayun who proposed the expedition, the object of which was to punish Tufai Khan for having failed, from enmity to Ahmadnagar, to join the Muhammadan alliance that had crushed Vijayanagar. The expedition was undertaken in A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566-87)–F. ii. 78.
