Storia do Mogor 335.4.5

335.4.5

The second army made for the town of Gulkandah, which it invested, and there they are at the present moment in the prosecution of their enterprise. The third army is advancing into the rest of the country, conquering as much of it as it can, placing commandants in the forts and places that it captures. The governor of the town of Adoni, whose name was Cod Vandcan (Khudabandah Khan), son of Sha,istah Khan, feared that some misfortune would befall him as had happened to others in previous years. He therefore sent a large sum of money to obviate their interfering with him. The Mahrattah leader sent him word that, as a son of Sha,istah Khan, a prince so high in degree and so liberal, he had no intention of doing him any harm. For the same reason he declined to touch his money. All he demanded was the surrender of [blank in original], chief minister and farmer of the revenues of these provinces. If he did not comply, the heads of both should be cut off. Khudabandah Khan, finding himself in such great peril, was forced to deliver to the Mahrattahs the minister in question. He (Khudabandah Khan) received his own liberty and that of his family, but he had to depart unprovided and leave his baggage behind him.