A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.1

v1.c9.1

A.D. 1478.—By the distribution of the governments under the administration of Khajeh Jehan Gawan, Eusoof Adil Khan Sawee¹ was, as we have mentioned in the foregoing chapter, appointed to Doulutabad; but upon the death of that minister, who had been his patron and intimate friend, Adil Khan was removed to the government of Beejapoor, where several circumstances combined to strengthen his power; till, in the year 1489, he assumed the ensigns of royalty. Such was the origin of the kings of Beejapoor, well known by their Deccan appellation of the Edil Shahee dynasty.²