The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.11

v3.c29.11

Asad Khān Lārī, who directed the policy of Bījāpur, resolved to form an alliance with Ahmadnagar with the object of punishing Amīr ‘Alī Barīd for his having incited the Hindu to attack a Muslim kingdom. The two kings met, in 1524, at Sholāpur, and Bībī Mariyam, the sister of Ismā‘īl, was married to Burhān, but the alliance, instead of cementing friendship, bred enmity, for Ismā‘īl’s ministers had promised that the fortress of Sholāpur should be the dowry of the princess, but Ismā‘īl, when its cession was demanded, professed ignorance of the obligation and refused to fulfil it, whereupon Burhān returned to Ahmadnagar and invited ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Imād Shāh and Amīr ‘Alī Barīd to assist him in capturing the fortress. The three kings invaded Bījāpur in 1525 at the head of 30,000 horse, but were met near the frontier and gave way before the attack of the foreign mounted archers of Bījāpur. The day was decided by the collapse of Burhān, who, exhausted by heat and thirst, was borne fainting from the field, accompanied by his retreating army.