Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 79.3.5

79.3.5

Yoosoof Adil Khan drew up his troops as will be hereafter explained. The engagement which ensued was obstinately contested, till at length the centre, and the left under Khwaja Jehan, gave way, and the King's troops were defeated; while Ahmud Nizam-ool-Moolk and Yoosoof Adil Khan, after mutual explanations, each withdrew to his own country. In the year 899, Mahmood Shah Guzeratty sent an ambassador to the King, representing that Bahadur Geelany, who commanded on the sea-coast, had seized many rich ships belonging to the Guzerat merchants; and not content with committing such excesses, had sent his slave Yakoot, an Abyssinian, with twenty ships of war to Mahim, which he had laid waste, without mercy, imprisoning the people, and burning mosques and other buildings, and even threatened to proceed against Surat. The ambassador represented that an army from Guzerat could not march into the country of Bahadur Geelany without passing through the Deccan, and it was impossible to convey a sufficient force by sea; therefore it was incumbent on the King to punish those excesses; but should he declare himself unequal to the task, the necessary measures should be taken by sending troops from Guzerat.