The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.97

v3.c27.97

Having effected all that arms could accomplish against a defenceless population, Ahmad marched on Vijayanagar, where Vīra Vijaya, appalled by the sufferings of his people, sued for peace, and was forced to accept the conqueror’s terms. Payment of the arrears of tribute for several years was the lightest of these, for the immense sum had to be borne to Ahmad’s camp by the choicest elephants in the royal stables, escorted by the raja’s son Devarāya with every demonstration of joy. The prince was obliged to accompany Ahmad in his retreat as far as the Krishna, and the Muslims retained the vast number of captives whom they had taken. Among these were two destined to rise to high rank. One, a Brāhman youth, received the name of Fathullāh on his reception into the fold of Islam, was assigned to the new governor of Berar, succeeded his master in that province, and eventually became, on the dissolution of the kingdom, the first independent sultan of Berar; and the other, Tīma Bhat, son of Bhairav, an hereditary Brāhman revenue official of Pāthrī, who had fled to Vijayanagar to avoid punishment or persecution, received the Muhammadan name of Hasan, rose, by a combination of ability and treachery, to be lieutenant of the kingdom, and left a son, Ahmad, who founded the dynasty of the Nizām Shāhī kings of Ahmadnagar.