The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c15.130

v1.c15.130

10. The desertion of these generals threw the division of Rama Raya into chaotic confusion ⁸, in the course of which he himself was wounded ⁹. On seeing this, the old Sovereign again mounted his state litter to retreat from the battlefield; but the bearers, panic-stricken at the approach of a furious elephant of the Ahmadnagar army, ran away, abandoning their Monarch in the middle of that tremendous turmoil ¹. Rama Raya then attempted to make his escape on foot; but just when he was dismounting from the litter he was overtaken by the elephant, who seized him with his trunk ². The venerable prisoner was then conducted to Chalabi Rumi Khan ³, who just was going to kill him when one Dalpat Rai, a Brahman general of the Hindu army, cried out: "Do not kill him, but carry him alive before Divan Barid; for he is Sadasiva Raya (Rama Raya)" ⁴. Rumi Khan on hearing this brought the prisoner into the presence of Husain Nizam Shah ⁵. Ferishta, Ali ibn Aziz, and the P. P. P. say that the Ahmadnagar Sultan ordered his head to be instantly cut off ⁶; but Couto relates that Husain Nizam Shah beheaded him with his own hand exclaiming: