The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.180

v4.c19.180

Muhammad ‘Ādil Shāh, though not personally warlike, now imitated his neighbour and for some years despatched expeditions into the Carnatic. These undertakings, usually successful owing to the dissensions between the petty rajas of the peninsula, were dignified with the name of holy wars, but Shāhjī and other Hindu officers and troops were freely employed in them and they were in fact plundering excursions. Shāhjī, who was second in command under Randola Khān, obtained extensive and valuable assignments in the Carnatic.