The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.223

v4.c19.223

The success of ‘Abdul-Karīm’s faction produced an immediate rupture with Bahādur Khān, and the favour shown by ‘Abdul-Karīm to his own countrymen, the Afghāns, bred fresh discord at Bījāpur. Afghāns are notoriously quarrelsome and have an unenviable reputation for treachery, and ‘Abdul-Karīm’s enemies contrived to enlist on their side the services of Sharza Khān, another Afghān noble, who had for years been the prisoner of Shivājī. Meanwhile the troops of Bījāpur acquitted themselves well against the Mughuls, and Bahādur Khān was persuaded to make peace with Bījāpur.