The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.8

v3.c29.8

The campaign of 1511 between Ismā‘īl ‘Ādil Shāh and ‘Alī Barīd Shāh, in the course of which Mahmūd Shāh Bahmanī fell into the hands of the former, has already been described. Shortly after this campaign Ismā‘īl was enabled to render to Shāh Ismā‘īl Safavī of Persia a service which earned for him a much prized honour. A Persian ambassador had been unnecessarily detained and humiliated at Bīdar by the Sunnī bigot Amīr ‘Alī Barīd, and obtained his dismissal by means of the representations of Ismā‘īl ‘Ādil Shāh. In the letter acknowledging this courtesy the Persian monarch accorded to the ruler of Bījāpur the royal title, thus exalting him above his rivals, none of whom had received independent recognition of his royalty.