The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.79

c11.79

In the following year the regent Kháwas Khán opened negotiations with the Mughals and agreed to hold Bijápur as a dependent province of the empire. He also arranged to give the young king's sister in marriage to one of the sons of Aurangzíb. The proposed measures however were most unpalatable to the nobles and people of Bijápur, and when the regent's negotiations became known a conspiracy was formed against him and he was assassinated. The chief authority then fell into the hands of Abdul Karim, who acted with such vigour, that when the Mughals appeared to receive the surrender of Bijápur they were attacked and worsted in several actions; and finally a treaty was made on terms honourable to Bijápur.²