The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.115

v3.c29.115

There were now four parties in the kingdom. (1) Miyān Manjhū and the Deccanis, acknowledging the pretender Ahmad II, were on the Bījāpur frontier, seeking help from Ibrāhīm II; (2) Āhang Khān¹ and Habashī Khān, the Africans, acknowledging the third son of Burhān Nizām Shāh I, the old prince ‘Alī, whom they had summoned from Bījāpur, were also on the southern frontier, with the same object; (3) Ikhlās Khān, at the head of another African faction, acknowledging the child Motī Shāh, was in the neighbourhood of Daulatābād; and (4) Chānd Bībī with the infant king Bahādur was in Ahmadnagar. All sent envoys to Ibrāhīm II who, perturbed by a peril which menaced the whole of the Deccan, begged them to sink their differences and to present a united front to the invader, and assembled, under the command of the eunuch, Suhail Khān, an army of 25,000 horse, besides a contingent of 6000 horse contributed by Muhammad Qulī Qutb Shāh.