The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.311

v3.c20.311

Malik Nāib obviated any future default in the remittance of the revenues of Ellichpur by appointing Muslim officers to administer the province, and advanced to Deogīr, where Rāmachandra, profiting by past experience, was prepared to make his submission. Leaving his son Shankar Deo in the citadel he went forth with his principal officers of state to make obeisance to the king’s representative. He was courteously received and was sent to Delhi with a letter of recommendation from Malik Nāib. The gifts which he offered in place of the arrears of tribute due from him and as a peace offering included 700 elephants, and the king, with a generosity which was attributed to a superstitious regard for Deogīr and its ruler as the origin of his wealth and power, freely pardoned him, bestowed on him the title of *Rāi-i-Rāyān* (‘Chief of chiefs’) and appointed him to the government of Deogīr as a vassal of Delhi.