ʿAmal-i Shalih 4.4

4.4

Bidar is a pleasant, well-built city, and stands on the borders of Telingana. It is related in the histories of Hindustan, that Bidar was the seat of government of the Rais of the Dakhin, and that the Rais of the Karnatik, Mahratta (country), and Telingana were subject to the Rai of Bidar. Daman, the beloved of King Nala of Malwa, whose story Shaikh Faizi has told in the poem entitled Nal o Daman, was daughter of Bhim Sen, the marzban of Bidar. Sultan Muhammad, son of Sultan Tughlik, first subdued the place. After that, it passed into the hands of the Bahmanis, and subsequently into the possession of the Kings of Bijapur. By the favour of God, it now forms part of the Imperial dominions.