The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c18.38

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The settlement of affairs with Golconda was an easier task as the king had usually been more complaisant than the rulers of other Deccan states. Friendship with Shāh Jahān had been shown by help given to him during his rebellion against his father, and his gratitude was expressed in 1626 when 'Abdullah Qutb Shāh succeeded his father. The emperor on his arrival in the Deccan to crush the rebel Khān Jahān sent an envoy to the Golconda court who returned with presents early in 1631. Some alarm was, however, felt at Golconda when in the operations which ensued one of the Mughul divisions took the fort of Kandhār, and troops were sent to patrol the frontier in that direction. Further mistrust of the imperial designs was caused by the governor of Orissa, who took a fort on the northern borders, but the emperor stayed a further advance by him. When another envoy was sent at the end of 1631 Āsaf Khān was starting on his unsuccessful expedition against Bījāpur and the envoy was detained in Golconda and finally dismissed without the usual presents on the receipt of news of Āsaf Khān's failure and return to the north. Either the old friendship or fear of Mughul prowess held back the king two years later from joining the Bījāpur forces which tried to relieve the Daulatābād garrison during the siege by Mahābat Khān. Fugitive relatives of Jujhār Singh who succeeded in reaching Golconda when he met his death in the jungles were made over to the Mughul commander.