Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 97.2.2
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 97.2.2
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97.2.2
Ahmud Nizam Shah, in the mean time, having good intelligence of the state of the enemy, made a night-attack on the 3d of Rujub, A. H. 895, accompanied by Azim Khan. They entered the enemy's camp just as the day broke, and falling suddenly upon it, completely routed the Bahmuny troops. Jehangeer Khan, Syud Isaac, Syud Lootf Oolla, Nizam Khan, and Futteh Khan, all officers of distinction, were slain; and those who were taken prisoners were mounted on buffaloes, and led about the camp for the diversion of his soldiers; after which, they were sent back to Ahmudabad Bidur. This victory was called the Victory of the Garden, as on that spot Ahmud Nizam Shah built a palace, and laid out an elegant garden, which was beautified by his successors, who having constructed a fortification round it denominated it Bagh Nizam. After this success, Ahmud Nizam Shah returned public thanks to God, and having given away the proprietory right of a village near the spot in charity, as a residence for holy men, he returned to Joonere, without rival or enemy. By the advice of Yoosoof Adil Shah of Beejapoor, he soon discontinued the names of the Bahmuny kings in the public prayers, for which he substituted his own, and assumed the white canopy; but Khwaja Jehan and some of his own officers remonstrating with him, he commanded his name to be discontinued in the public prayers; and to save appearances declared, that he used the canopy to screen him from the sun, and not to affect royalty.