A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.80

v1.c11.80

Mohummud Adil Shah was succeeded by his son, Sultan Ali Adil Shah II.; who, immediately after his father's death, mounted the throne of Beejapoor, in the nineteenth year of his age. The resources of his kingdom were still considerable; he had a large treasury, a fertile country, and his army, had it been properly concentrated, was powerful. The troops, however, were greatly divided, and large bodies of them were then employed in reducing the refractory Zumeendars in the Carnatic.¹