The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c11.102

v1.c11.102

13. Ibrahim Qutb Shah then considered that his situation during the last war had been very grave. For the garrisons of all the forts in the kingdom were composed of Naigwaris; and when their chief Jagdeo Rao received the approval of Rama Raya in his rebellion against Ibrahim, they all became disloyal. The King resolved by degrees to reduce the power of the Naigwaris. His first step in this matter was the execution of Kasi Rao, one of their chiefs, who had been concerned in the late rebellion. Suria Rao, the commandant of the Naigwaris in the fort of Golkonda, discovering the Sultan's intention, entered into a plot with the chiefs of the other garrisons. It was resolved that, on a pre-arranged signal, when the King went out to hunt in the country, they were to secure all the forts, and Suria Rao was to seize the treasury of the capital and put all the Muhammadans to the sword. This plot was communicated to Rama Raya, who undertook to send a force to aid in the project.