[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c11.6 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.6 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.6 - **Language:** English ### [c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.6) From an early period the Bahamani kings devoted their principal attention to attacks on Vijayanagar; but from Golkonda or Bidar as a base of operations, it was easier to overrun the districts of Raichur and Mudgal, which lay between the two capitals, than to attempt the conquest of a tract like the Bombay Karnátak or Southern Marátha Country, less conveniently situated, and which is described by the Musalmán historian as full of fastnesses and woods, almost impenetrable to troops.¹ When the Muhammadans, after repeatedly taking and losing the forts of Raichur and Mudgal, at last established themselves in the districts commanded by these forts, they, after being baffled by the strength of the fortress of Adoni or Adwáni, turned their attention to the Southern Marátha Country, which their new conquests gave them the means of attacking from the south-east. In 1406 Firoz Sháh, the grandson of Alla-ud-dín Bahamani, besieged and took Bankápur, described by Farishtah as the most important fortress in the Karnátak; and this success placed at his mercy the southern part of what is now the Dhárwár collectorate. From Bankápur the Musalmáns gradually extended their arms in a northerly direction, though they seem to have advanced but slowly. Fifty years later Navalgund is mentioned as the seat of a sarkár or province; and it was there that Jalál Khán, governor of the province and brother-in-law of Ala-ud-dín Bahamaní II., raised the standard of revolt (A.D. 1454) in the hope of seating his son Sikandar Khán on the throne, a step which led to the death of his son and his own imprisonment for life. - [Previous: c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.5) - [Next: c11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.7) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11) ## Linked texts (2) - [Adoni](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.adoni) - [Vijayanagara](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.vijayanagara) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c11.6) · Pramāṇa