The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.14

v3.c29.14

Krishna Devarāya of Vijayanagar had recently died, and in the confusion which followed his death Ismā‘īl was able to reduce both Rāichūr and Mudgal within three months. The recovery of the Doāb released him from his vow of abstinence and he celebrated the occasion by a select symposium, at which only ‘Alā-ud-dīn and Asad Khān Lārī at first sat with him, but both begged him to admit Amīr ‘Alī, and he consented, but when ‘the Fox’ entered quoted from the chapter ‘The Cave’ in the Koran the words, ‘Their dog, the fourth of them.’ Amīr ‘Alī did not understand Arabic, but a burst of laughter from ‘Alā-ud-dīn apprised him that he was the victim of a jest, and he wept with humiliation and resentment, while the others laughed. Ismā‘īl pitied his distress and foolishly promised, in his cups, to restore Bīdar to him.