The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.126

v3.c25.126

The treasure found at Chāmpāner relieved the imperial troops of the duty of dispersing themselves throughout the country for the collection of revenue, and the fief-holders sent to Bahādur in Kāthiāwār a message expressing their unaltered loyalty and their readiness to pay the land tax, if officers could be sent to collect it. Bahādur selected ‘Imād-ul-Mulk Malikjī for this duty, and he, assembling an army of 50,000 horse, encamped before Ahmadābād and sent out detachments to collect the revenue. Humāyūn, who would have been better employed in his own dominions, was intoxicated by his new conquest and bent on including it in his empire. He marched towards Ahmadābād and his advanced guard defeated ‘Imād-ul-Mulk between Nadiād and Mahmūdābād. The victory encouraged him to distribute the fiefs of Gujarāt among his officers, as though the conquest were complete and permanent, and the kingdom assumed for a short time the appearance of a settled province of the empire. Bahādur, at Diū, was trembling at the prospect of an attack by land on that port and wrote to Nunho da Cunha, governor of Portuguese India, imploring his aid. Da Cunha visited Diū and on October 25 concluded a treaty by which he undertook to assist Bahādur against his enemies by land and sea, and received in return confirmation of the cession of the port of Bassein to the king of Portugal and permission to build a fort at Diū, the customs dues of the port being retained, however, by Bahādur.