A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.6

v1.c13.6

² [He was appointed commandant of Bhupālgarh in Sātāra District. The very untrustworthy Shivdigvijaya Bakhar, which according to Professor Sarkar was fabricated at Baroda in 1895, and is falsely described as written by Khando Ballāl, son of Bālāji Avji, in 1718, states that Sivāji dismissed Firangji Narsāla for capitulating to a Moslem, and that the latter in disgust joined Shāyista Khān. Sivāji had him subsequently brought back by force to his side. This account is untrustworthy. (Sarkar, Shivaji and His Times, Calcutta (1919), pp. 95, 96.) Bhupālgarh lies ten miles south-east of Khānapur, Sātāra District, and is known by its modern name of Basrūr.]