The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.119

v3.c29.119

Sultān Murād was much perturbed by the menace of the armies of Bījāpur and Golconda, which had reached Naldrug, and endeavoured to hasten the fall of the city by mining the defences, but treachery was at work, and secret information enabled the defenders to remove the charges by countermining, and render the mines harmless. One, however, remained intact and this, when exploded, killed many of the garrison and destroyed fifty yards of the curtain between two bastions, but the breach was so gallantly defended by Chānd Bībī in person that the assailants were repulsed and night permitted the defenders to repair the damage.