Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 106.1

106.1

Queen Chand obtains the release of Bahadur Nizam Shah. — He is formally crowned. — Mahomed Khan appointed peshwa — he raises his relatives to high offices. — The old chiefs disgusted. — The peshwa seizes many of them. — Queen Chand applies for aid to her nephew, Ibrahim Adil Shah of Beejapoor, who sends an army under his general Soheil Khan to her assistance. — The peshwa Mahomed Khan intrigues with the Mogul general Khan Khanan. — Mahomed Khans treachery discovered — he is seized by the garrison of Ahmudnuggur, and made over to Queen Chand for punishment. — The Moguls seize districts not included in the late treaty. — A formidable army, composed of the troops of Ahmudnuggur, Beejapoor, and Golconda, under Soheil Khan, amounting to sixty thousand men, advances towards Berar. — Battle of Sonput. — The Deccan troops are eventually defeated on the second day. — The Mogul forces canton at Jalna. — Nehung Khan is created peshwa by Queen Chand — He attempts to seize her — is excluded from the fort — lays siege to it — recovers some of the districts south of the Godavery occupied by the Moguls. — The Prince Moorad Mirza dies — is succeeded in the command of the army of the Deccan by his brother Daniel Mirza. — Akbur Padshah proceeds to the Deccan — besieges Aseer, while his son Daniel advances to attack Ahmudnuggur. — Nehung Khan attempts to oppose their march, but eventually retires to Joonere. — Second siege of Ahmudnuggur.