The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.85

v3.c29.85

In November, 1579, ‘Alī ‘Ādil Shāh, who was childless, made Ibrāhīm, the son of his brother Tahmāsp, his heir, and on April 9, 1580, met his death. The two eunuchs from Bīdar felt their dishonour deeply, and the unfortunate creature first selected for presentation resented, with a spirit which demands respect, the proposals made to him, and, drawing a dagger which he had concealed about his person, inflicted on the king a mortal wound. He and his fellow were, of course, murdered, and the monster who had so richly deserved his fate is bewailed by Muslim historians as a martyr.