The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.119

v4.c19.119

Shivājī next entered the north Konkan, seized Kalyān, Bhiwandī and Māhulī and advanced as far south as Māhad. A grand Bījāpur expedition against him led by ‘Abdullah Bhatārī (entitled Afzal Khān) failed. Shivājī slew Afzal at an interview and surprised and plundered his army (20 November, 1659). He then penetrated into the south Konkan and the Kolhāpur district. Next year, in the south a Bījāpur force under Sīdī Jauhar invested Shivājī in Panhālā fort and forced him to evacuate it (23 July, 1660), and at the same time in the north a Mughul army under Shāyista Khān occupied Poona (19 May) and took Chākan fort by mining after a fifty-four days’ siege (25 August). Thereafter the Mughul viceroy rested in Poona for many months. A force sent by him into the north Konkan was defeated, and Shivājī rapidly extended his conquests down the coast-strip up to Khārepatan, though he lost Kalyān to the Mughuls in May, 1661.