The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c11.82

v1.c11.82

The Sultan of Ahmadnagar, to save his kingdom, accepted the terms, and fulfilled the second article by employing a band of assassins to put to death Jahangir Khan in his tent. "Thus," Ferishta says, " at the instigation of an infidel he murdered one of the faithful, and verified the proverb, that 'there is no faith in princes." Then he proceeded to the camp of Rama Raya, who rose on his entering his tent and took him by the hand. Husain Nizam Shah, who was very haughty, called for a basin and ewer and washed his hands as if they had been polluted by the touch of the Hindu Sovereign; who, according to Ferishta, on seeing that said in his own language: "If he were not my guest, I would cut off his hands and hang them round his neck"; and calling for water he also washed his hands; and such was the bad feeling which prevailed that a tumult nearly occurred on the spot. The treaty of peace was concluded by Qasim Beg and Maulana Inayatullah on the part of Ahmadnagar and by Tirumala and Venkatadri on the part of Vijayanagara.