The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.27
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.27
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On 2 October, 1687, Golconda was captured, but by bribery. An Afghān soldier of fortune named ‘Abdullah Pānī (surnamed Sardār Khān), who had deserted from Bījāpur service and then from the Mughul to join Qutb Shāh, now sold his master. He left the postern gate of the fort open, and at his invitation Rūh-ullah Khān with a small force entered by this gate unchallenged at 3 o'clock in the morning, and opened the main gate, by which the Mughul supporting columns poured into the fort like a flood. No resistance could be made to a surprise in such force; only one faithful captain, ‘Abdur-Razzāq Lārī, opposed the assailants single-handed, but he was borne down covered with seventy wounds. The Mughuls nursed him back to recovery and the emperor gave him high rank.