The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.120

v3.c29.120

When Suhail Khān, responding to the urgent appeals of Chānd Bībī and encouraged by a treacherous message from the Khān Khānān, whose chief concern was to deprive the prince of the credit of capturing the city, was within thirty miles, Sultān Murād sent an envoy to Chānd Bībī, offering to raise the siege in return for the cession of Berar. The garrison was suffering from famine, but it was with difficulty that the noble queen could be induced to save the capital by the surrender of the province. After some hesitation, she consented, and early in April the imperial army withdrew to take possession of its new conquest.