Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 1.4.7

1.4.7

On the fourth day after that the spies and messengers brought the news to the Badshah and Badshah Zadi at Bijapur (that) Afzal Khan himself had been killed, his head severed and carried away. The whole army was plundered and utterly destroyed. On being thus informed Ali Adilshah descended from his throne, went to the harem and took to his bed. He lamented much. The Badshah Zadi likewise, when the news reached her, threw herself on the couch, whereon she was then seated, and began to cry, — "Alla! Alla! Khuda! Khuda!" (she cried) "Khuda has overthrown the sovereignty of the Mahomedans." — In this strain did she bewail (long) and lament much. For three days the Badshah Zadi did not eat or drink. In the same manner were all the nobles, the army and the entire city dejected. "To-morrow will the Raja come," they went on saying, "plunder the city and capture the fort;" so scared were they. "It seems that Khuda has taken away the Badshahi from the Mahomedans, and conferred it on the Marathas." In this manner they began to talk.