A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.13

v1.c9.13

one of Ahmad Shāh Bahmanī's expeditions. He was brought as a slave to Ahmad Shāh, who named him Malik Hasan and handed him over as a personal attendant to his son, Prince Muhammad, by whom his surname Bhairu, which still clung to him, was changed to Bhairi, ‘the falcon’ or, according to some accounts, ‘the falconer’—an office which he is said to have held (B.G., Ahmadnagar). Bhyri (Bhairi) is the vernacular name of the Falco Peregrinus (Jerdon, Birds of India). Ferishta's derivation of the surname should be accepted with caution.]