The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.26

c11.26

The Bijapur king's next campaign was less successful. He marched to recover Mudgal and Raichur from the Vijayanagar raja. When encamped on the banks of the Krishna, under the influence of intoxication, he made an attempt to cross the river without due precautions in the face of the hostile force. The result was a defeat with great loss, the king himself narrowly escaping, and the army having to return to Bijapur. The Musalman commander-in-chief having fallen in this expedition his place was conferred on Asad Khan, who received the title of Sipah Salar and had many districts added to his estates. The new commander soon proved himself worthy of the honours conferred on him, for in A.D. 1524 he defeated, near Sholapur, the confederate kings of Ahmadnagar and Berar and the regent of Bidar. The confederates were subsequently defeated in detail; and the campaign against Amir Barid, the regent of Bidar, resulted in the capture of the latter by Asad Khan, who, with consummate daring and address, penetrated the hostile camp at night and carried away Amir Barid on the bed on which he was lying intoxicated. The result was the capture of Bidar, and the regent became practically the vassal of the Bijapur king. Afterwards he, together with the king of Berar, joined the Bijapur army in an expedition against Vijayanagar, in which the forts of Mudgal and Raichur fell again into the hands of the Musalmans.