The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.20
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.20
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Shāh ‘Ālam halted at Kuhir for some months for the collection of the war indemnity. Abu-’l Hasan put off the dismissal of Mādanna as long as he could. At this his Muslim nobles and the two dowager Sultānas formed a plot and caused Mādanna and Ākkanna to be murdered in the streets of Golconda (March, 1686). The ministers’ residences were plundered and their families ruined by the Muslim mob, who next made a general attack on the Hindu quarter, killing and plundering the Brāhmans. Golconda territory was then completely evacuated by the Mughuls.