The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.146

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too hot to hold him. In 1658 he got permission from Aurangzeb to take possession of the whole Konkan, and the first use he made of this was to occupy some of the neglected strongholds of the coast, and to invade the Sidi's districts.¹ But now as afterwards the conquest of the Sidi was too great a task for his power. The Sávants were of the Bhonsla family as Shiváji was, and were anciently known as the Sardesáis of Kudál, under which title they entered into engagements and treaties with the Bombay Government as late as 1838.¹ At this time they made a temporary alliance with Shiváji, but soon afterwards returned to their fealty to Bijápur.²