The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.25

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In 1543 the kingdom of Bījāpur was invaded by a Hindu army which besieged Rāichūr, by Jamshīd, who occupied the Gulbarga district and besieged Hippargī, and by Burhān and ‘Alī Barīd Shāh, who besieged Sholāpur. Ibrāhīm, thus beset, knew not whither to turn, but by means of flattery and concessions eventually succeeded in persuading Burhān and Sadāshivarāya of Vijayanagar to retreat, and left Asad Khān Lārī free to attack Jamshīd. He destroyed a fort which Jamshīd had built at Kāknī, twice defeated him in the field, and drove him almost to the gates of Golconda, where he again defeated him and in single combat, after the manner of the Deccan, wounded him severely in the face. After such victories it was easy to enforce satisfactory terms.