The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.67

v3.c28.67

After the composition of the strife between the Deccanis and the Foreigners Qāsim Barīd-ul-Mamālik became lieutenant of the kingdom. He was a Turk, but he was a Sunni and had been a friend of Malik Nāib, so that he was acceptable to the Deccanis but odious to the Foreign Party. He held the king in thrall, and made no pretence of consulting his wishes. One of his earliest measures was to seize the government of the region about the capital, to take the field against the officers commanding its numerous fortresses, who refused to surrender what they held of the king, and to inflict several defeats on the royal troops. Dilāvar Khān the African returned from Khāndesh to help the king, drove Qāsim towards Golconda, and defeated him, but his troops, while pursuing those of Qāsim, were thrown into confusion by an unruly elephant, their victory was turned into a defeat, and Dilāvar Khān was slain. Qāsim returned to Bīdar and reduced the king to a condition of such impotence that some writers date the foundation of the Barīd Shāhī dynasty from this year.