The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.18

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In pursuance of this treaty Ismā‘īl and Amīr ‘Alī Barīd in 1534 besieged Nalgunda, about sixty miles south of Golconda, and repulsed the relieving force sent by Sultān Qulī Qutb Shāh. The garrison was on the point of surrendering when Ismā‘īl fell sick and set out to recruit his health at Gulbarga, leaving Asad Khān Lārī to prosecute the siege, but on August 27, as he was starting in a litter, he suddenly died. Asad Khān sent the body to Gogī for burial, raised the siege, and retired to Gulbarga, where, with many misgivings he gave effect to his late master’s will by raising to the throne his eldest son, Mallū Khān, a worthless and debauched youth, and retired to Belgaum, leaving the young king’s grandmother, Punjī Khātūn, to manage the affairs of the kingdom as best she could. Mallū’s licentiousness, which did not spare the honour of the leading families of the kingdom, soon convinced her of the futility of the attempt and early in March, 1535, Mallū was deposed, with the approval of Asad Khān, and his next brother was raised to the throne as Ibrāhīm ‘Ādil Shāh I.