The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.77

v3.c27.77

Ahmad Khān’s spoils included 60,000 captive Hindu youths and children, and Fīrūz, recognising the impossibility of capturing Vijayanagar, marched to Adonī, but before he could form the siege envoys from Bukka arrived in his camp to sue for peace. It was with difficulty that he could be persuaded to consider their proposals, and when he consented to treat he insisted on the humiliating condition that Bukka should surrender a daughter to him for his harem. Bukka also ceded the fort and district of Bankāpur as the dowry of the princess, and delivered to Fīrūz 130 pounds of pearls, fifty elephants, and 2000 boys and girls skilled in singing, dancing, or music, and paid an indemnity of about £300,000.