The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.59
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.59
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In 1566 ‘Alī ‘Ādil Shāh joined Murtazā Nizām Shāh with the object of punishing Tufāl Khān for his treason to the cause of Islam and his depredations in Ahmadnagar. The two kings invaded Berar and advanced as far as Ellichpur, the capital, laying waste the country. Tufāl Khān retired into the fortress of Gāwīl and opened negotiations with ‘Alī, whose heart was not in the campaign, and who, in consideration of fifty elephants and the equivalent of £40,000 in cash, made the approach of the rainy season a pretext for returning to his own country and left Murtazā in the lurch.