Padshah-namah 44: Prince Aurangzeb, Governor of the Dakhin.

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[Text, vol. i. part 2, p. 205.] On the 3rd Zi-l hijja the Emperor appointed Prince Aurangzeb to the government of the Dakhin. This country contains sixty-four forts, fifty-three of which are situated on hills, the remaining eleven are in the plain. It is divided into four subas. 1. Daulatabad, with Ahmadnagar and other districts, which they call the suba of the Dakhin. The capital of this province, which belonged to Nizamu-l Mulk, was formerly Ahmadnagar, and afterwards Daulatabad. 2. Telingana. This is situated in the suba of the Balaghat. 3. Khandes. The fortress of this province is Asir, and the capital is Burhanpur, situated four kos from Asir. 4. Birar. The capital of this province is Elichpur, and its famous fortress is called Gawil. It is built on the top of a hill, and is noted above all the fortresses in that country for strength and security. The whole of the third province and a part of the fourth is in the Payin-ghat. The Jama', or total revenue of the four provinces is two arbs of dams, equivalent to five crores of rupees.
[Treaty with Kutbu-l Mulk. Letter from the latter.]
[Khan-dauran besieges Udgir and Usa, and both forts are eventually surrendered.]