The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.101

v3.c25.101

Towards the end of 1527 Bahādur received an appeal for help from ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Imād Shāh of Berar and Muhammad I of Khāndesh. The kings of Ahmadnagar and Berar had quarrelled over the possession of the town and district of Pāthrī on the Godāvarī, which belonged to the latter but were coveted and had been annexed by the former. ‘Alā-ud-dīn had enlisted the aid of Muhammad and had marched to recover the district, but Burhān Nizām Shāh of Ahmadnagar and his ally, Amīr ‘Alī Barīd of Bīdar, had attacked and defeated them, captured their artillery and elephants, pursued them through Berar, and expelled ‘Alā-ud-dīn from his kingdom, compelling him to take refuge in Khāndesh. Bahādur marched to Nandurbār, where he was met by his cousin, Muhammad of Khāndesh, and by the Rāhtor raja of Baglāna, who did homage to him and entertained him in his fortress of Sālher. Bahādur gave his sister in marriage to Muhammad, upon whom he conferred the title of Shāh, and after the rainy season of 1528 marched on Ahmadnagar by way of Berar, where he was joined by ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Imād Shāh, sending a force with the raja of Baglāna, whom he ordered to advance on Ahmadnagar by the more direct route of his own principality.