The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.108

c11.108

The Poona minister did not lose sight of his cherished design. He called on Tipu for arrears of tribute which the latter acknowledged to be due but evaded paying. Nána then endeavoured to get the Nizám to join him in recovering from the Mysor prince the territory which both states had lost by the encroachments of the latter. Nizám Ali, however, set too high a value on his assistance; and though he was promised Bijápur after the recovery from Tipu of the country north of the Tungbhadra, he refused to co-operate unless Bijápur and Ahmadnagar were made over to him at once. Tipu, on hearing what had taken place, showed his contempt for the Nizám by sending an insulting message in which he claimed to be the sovereign of Bijápur.