The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.82

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10. The return of Tirumala to Vijayanagara, and his attempt to repopulate this city, must have coincided with the attack of Bijapur against Ahmadnagar, in which even the Sultan of Golkonda took some part. Husain Nizam Shah had died shortly after his retreat from the Hindu capital; and his son Murtaza Nizam Shah, although young, became very unpopular on account of his excesses; so that before the end of the same year 1565, or perhaps in the beginning of 1566, Kishwur Khan wrote privately to the Sultan of Bijapur, inviting him to attack Ahmadnagar where there was, he said, a strong party in his favour. Such was the origin of this war in which Golkonda and Birar supported the Sultan of Ahmadnagar 2. This was an ideal opportunity to enable the energetic Regent of Vijayanagara to carry out his plan.