The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.76

v3.c28.76

Yūsuf, unable to withstand the confederacy arrayed against him, fled to Berar and took refuge with ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Imād Shāh, who was sympathetic, but could not protect him against his enemies and advised him to retire into Khāndesh. From Khāndesh Yūsuf sowed dissension among his enemies. He wrote to Ahmad and Qutb-ul-Mulk warning them against Amīr ‘Alī Barīd, ‘the Fox of the Deccan,’ who desired to destroy him only that he might seize Bījāpur and dominate the whole of the Deccan. Having thus detached the two most powerful members of the confederacy he addressed to Mahmūd Shāh a petition seeking for pardon, to which an unfavourable answer was dictated by Amīr ‘Alī Barīd, whereupon Yūsuf returned and with the assistance of ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Imād Shāh attacked Mahmūd Shāh and Amīr ‘Alī Barīd at Kalam in Berar. The king and his minister were defeated and fled to Bīdar, leaving their camp in the hands of the allies.