The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.113

v4.c19.113

On the death of Buhlūl (2 January, 1678), Sīdī Mas‘ūd made himself minister of Bījāpur with the support of Dilīr Khān, agreeing to make himself virtually a servant of the Mughuls and to send the Sultān’s sister Shahr Bānū (Pādishāh Bībī) to the Delhi court for marriage with a son of Aurangzīb (A‘zam). These humiliating terms made him universally unpopular. The treasury was empty, and the unpaid soldiery broke out in lawless fury, plundering and torturing the rich, while the minister hid himself in fear and impotence. Many people began to emigrate from the doomed capital. In the provinces the regent's authority was openly flouted.