The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.111

v3.c29.111

Miyān Manjhū the Deccani, who became minister on the accession of Ibrāhīm Nizām Shāh, granted an amnesty to Ikhlās Khān and his faction, and Ikhlās Khān returned to the city and, although he was a member of the Deccani party and was under an obligation to the minister, arrayed himself against him. He persuaded the dissolute young king to declare war on Bījāpur, and, despite Miyān Manjhū’s efforts to avoid actual hostilities, the armies met and Ibrāhīm was slain. His death was the signal for anarchy in the kingdom. Chānd Bībī, who had returned to the home of her youth, stood forth as the champion of order and supported Ibrāhīm’s infant son, Bahādur, but Ikhlās Khān produced a man named Ahmad, whom he put forward as the son of the sixth son of Burhān Nizām Shāh I, Khudābanda, who had taken refuge in Bengal, and on August 16, 1595, proclaimed him king under the title of Ahmad Nizām Shāh II. Inquiries proved him to be an impostor, but he was supported by Miyān Manjhū, and civil war broke out.