Padshah-namah 54: Conquest of Baglána.

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[Text, vol. ii. p. 105.] The territory of Baglána contains nine forts, thirty-four parganas, and one thousand and one villages. It has been a separate jurisdiction (marzbani) for one thousand four hundred years, and its present ruler is named Bharji. It is famous for its temperate climate, its numerous streams and the abundance of its trees and fruits. In length it is a hundred kos, and in breadth eighty. On the east is Chandor, a dependency of Daulatabad; on the west the port of Surat and the sea; on the north Sultanpur and Nandurbar; and on the south Nasik and Trimbak. * * The strongest of its forts are Salhir and Mulhir. Salhir is placed upon a hill. * * Mulhir also stands upon a hill. * * When Prince Aurangzeb was sent to the government of the Dakhin, he was directed to subjugate this country. On the 8th Sha'ban, 1047 H. (Dec. 1637), he sent an army against it, * * which advanced and laid siege to Mulhir. The trenches were opened and the garrison was pressed so hard that, on the 10th Shawwal, Bharji sent out his mother and his vakil with the keys of his eight forts, offering to enrol himself among the servants of the Imperial throne, on condition of receiving the pargana of Sultanpur. * * When this proposal reached the Emperor, he granted Bharji a mansab of three thousand personal and 2500 horse, and Sultanpur was conferred upon him for his home.