[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.115 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.115 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.115 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.115) But the ‘Ādil Shāhī government was now practically dissolved, there was utter anarchy in the country and the capital in consequence of the feud between Mas‘ūd and Sharza Khān, the only defenders of Bījāpur fort were some three thousand starving men, "and even these hankered for Mughul pay". The greed of the imperialists was insatiable. Dilīr Khān now demanded that Mas‘ūd should resign his post as minister in favour of a creature of the Mughuls. On meeting with refusal he invaded the ‘Ādil Shāhī kingdom (September, 1679). This campaign was a complete failure, because of Dilīr Khān's utter lack of money, the open opposition of his chief Shāh ‘Ālam (newly returned to the Deccan as viceroy) and the very prompt and effective aid which Shivājī in person gave to Mas‘ūd. Dilīr only bombarded Bījāpur fort fruitlessly for some days and then marched through the country around it like a mad dog, plundering and burning the villages, selling the harmless villagers into slavery with fiendish cruelty, and turning rich cities like Āthni and the fertile valley of the Don and the Krishnā into a desert. Finally, he invaded the Berad country (modern Shorāpur), east of Bījāpur, in the fork between the Krishnā and the Bhīmā. Here, his attack on Gōgi (1 March, 1680) failed with heavy loss, his soldiers refused to follow him, and he was recalled in disgrace. - [Previous: v4.c19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.114) - [Next: v4.c19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.116) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Gogī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.gogi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.115) · Pramāṇa