Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 97.3.7
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 97.3.7
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97.3.7
Since the extinction of the dynasty of Bahmuny this practice has rather been encouraged than discouraged by other princes of the Deccan, excepting by Ibrahim Adil Shah II. of Beejapoor, who seems to set his face against the custom; and it is to be hoped, that this abominable habit, which is unknown in any other civilised country in the world, will, by the happy exertions of wise princes like him, be altogether abolished.