The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.150

v4.c16.150

Further successes in the Deccan were gained by Mīrzā 'Alī Beg in 1598, but the local victories of an enterprising subordinate officer failed to counterbalance the injury suffered by the imperial cause from the disputes between Sultān Murād and the Khān Khānān, which compelled the Khān Khānān to retire into Mālwa. Owing to these quarrels field operations were almost suspended, until Sayyid Murtazā Sabzavārī, by cutting off supplies, compelled the garrison of the great fortress of Gāwīl to surrender, and by causing the family of the officer commanding Narnāla to be seized and detained as hostages obliged him to surrender that fortress to Sultān Murād on 13 December, 1598.