The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.70

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Bahādur had established himself so firmly in the Konkan and the country above the Ghāts that both Yūsuf and Ahmad had been constrained to treat him with respect. When he heard that the royal army was marching towards his territory, and that an envoy was bearing a *farmān* to him, he forbade his road guards to permit the envoy to pass Mīraj, and his defiant attitude left the allies no choice but to advance. To Qutb-ul-Mulk the Deccani, now governor of Telingāna, was entrusted the siege of Jāmkhandi, but he was slain, and his title was conferred on Sultān Qulī, a Turk of Hamadān, who held fiefs in Telingāna. Sultān Qulī Qutb-ul-Mulk captured the fortress, handed it over to the officers of Yūsuf ‘Ādil Shāh, and advanced to Mangalvedha, where Bahādur had taken refuge. Meanwhile the royal army had advanced to Mīraj, and, after defeating Bahādur’s troops before that place, captured the fortress, but weakly permitted the garrison to join Bahādur. The royal army marched from Mīraj to Panhāla, and some of the courtiers secretly informed Bahādur that the king was well disposed towards him, and that a submissive attitude would probably earn him a pardon. Negotiations were accordingly opened, but the terms offered by Qāsim Barīd were so generous as to encourage Bahādur to believe that his enemies despaired of crushing his revolt, and he loudly boasted that he would conquer both the Deccan and Gujarāt. Qāsim Barīd was loth to crush the rebel, whom he regarded as a useful counterpoise to the power of Yūsuf ‘Ādil Shāh, but as Bahādur was not disposed to submit the war continued, and Khvāja Jahān besieged him in Panhāla, and reduced him to such straits that he sent an envoy to the king offering to submit on no other condition than that his life should be spared. The required assurance was given, but in the meantime Bahādur had escaped from Panhāla and demanded impossible conditions. Sultān Qulī Qutb-ul-Mulk was therefore sent to continue the siege of Panhāla and Khvāja Jahān was sent against Bahādur. He defeated and slew the rebel, whose head was severed from his body and sent to the king, and his lands were bestowed on ‘Ain-ul-Mulk Kan‘ānī, whom Qāsim Barīd selected as one likely to be able to hold his own against Yūsuf ‘Ādil Shāh. The king and Qāsim Barīd visited Dābhol and on their return towards Bīdar were entertained for some time at Bījāpur by Yūsuf ‘Ādil Shāh.