Maʾathir-i Rahimi 1.3

1.3

On the second occasion, when he attacked Ahmadnagar, Suhail, the Abyssinian, was appointed by ’Adil Shah to the command of the army, and the armies of Nizamu-l Mulk, ’Adil Khan, Kutbu-l Mulk, and the Barid-Shahi chief being placed under his command, he came out in considerable strength and confidence. The Khan-khanan, with the little force at his command, fought like Rustam and Isfandiyar, and obtained a complete victory over Suhail. He then proceeded to the siege of Ahmadnagar, which he reduced, and brought the whole province of the Dakhin under the rule of the Emperor. As the conquests of the Dakhin, Khandesh, and Birar have already been fully detailed among the great achievements of the Khan-khanan in this book, I beg to refer thereto. If I were here to commence an account of this commander’s proceedings in the Dakhin, it would extend to too great a length. To be brief, the King reigned for fifty-two years over the whole of Hindustan, from Bengal to the extreme borders of Sind and Kandahar, and Zamindawar, and even to the shores of the sea. All the stubborn chiefs, rajas, rais, and zamindars in Hindustan, including the Kings of Gujarat, Sind, Dakhin, Kashmir, Bengal, Malwa, and other countries, were made subject to his rule. Some, after defeat in action, some, under treaties of peace, were all in the end deprived of the exercise of independent sovereignty.