The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c25.61

v3.c25.61

‘Ādil Khān II was one of the most energetic and most powerful rulers of Khāndesh. He consolidated his authority in that region, and extended it over Gondwāna, he suppressed the depredations of the Kolīs and Bhīls, thus ensuring the safety of travellers in his dominions, and carried his arms as far as Jhārkhand, the modern Chota Nāgpur, from which circumstance he is known as *Jhārkhandī Sultān*. Since Khalaf Hasan’s invasion the rulers of Khāndesh had regarded the king of Gujarāt as their natural protector, and had paid him tribute, but ‘Ādil Khān II, in his career of victory, had scorned dependence, and had omitted to send the usual tribute. A demonstration of force by Mahmūd in 1499 or 1500 had sufficed to bring him to his senses, and from that time until his death, more than a year later, he was on cordial terms with his suzerain and visited his court.