The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.35

c10.35

The fall of the Bahamani dynasty was now at hand, and the great nobles had become virtually independent. The first who rose in revolt was Bahádur Geláni, who governed the country south of the Várna river; he was soon defeated and killed. Then Zein-ud-dín, the jágirdár of Chákan, rebelled with the aid of Yusúf Ádil Sháh. Next Ahmad Nizám Sháh threw off his allegiance in 1489; he was attacked by Zeinud-dín, but the latter was driven into the fort of Chákan; the fort was stormed and Zein-ud-dín killed in the fight. About this time (A.D. 1489) Yusúf Ádil Sháh of Bijápur also asserted his independence and made himself master of the country as far north as the Bhima.