The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.11

v3.c28.11

During this seclusion the Decanis regained most of the power which they had lost, and Miyān Minullāh, in order to compass the destruction of the Foreigners, organised an expedition for the subjugation of the northern Konkan. Malik-ut-Tujjār, who was appointed to the command, fortified Chākan, which he selected as his base, dispatched expeditions against several minor chieftains, who were reduced to obedience, and personally led a force against one Sirka, whose stronghold was in the neighbourhood, and who was defeated and captured. Malik-ut-Tujjār offered him the choice between Islam and death, and Sirka professed his readiness to change his faith but declared that he could not make an open profession so long as his enemy the raja of Sangameshwar, near Kondhāna, was in a position to punish him. He promised to act as guide and to lead the royal troops to Sangameshwar, and in 1446 Malik-ut-Tujjār set forth on the enterprise.