The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c28.84

v3.c28.84

Amīr ‘Alī Barīd would not yet venture to ascend the throne, but proclaimed Walī-Ullāh, the brother of ‘Alā-ud-dīn. The new king, after a nominal reign of three years, was detected in an attempt to rid himself of his minister, and was deposed and put to death by Amīr ‘Alī Barīd, who married his widow and placed on the throne Kalīmullāh, the brother of the three preceding kings. Warned by the example of his predecessors he at first submitted meekly to the domination of the regent, but the news of the capture of Delhi by Bābur encouraged him to seek aid of the conqueror, and he secretly sent to his court one of his servants, bearing a letter in which he promised to surrender the provinces of Berar and Daulatābād in return for restoration to the remainder of the kingdom of his ancestors and liberation from the thraldom in which he lived. He received no answer and Amīr ‘Alī Barīd's discovery of the secret mission so excited his apprehensions that in 1527 he fled to Bījāpur. Ismā‘īl ‘Ādil Shāh received him coldly, and he left his court for that of Burhān Nizām Shāh I at Ahmadnagar.