The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.28

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4. At this time Amin-ul-Mulk, the Minister of the Sultan of Golkonda, sent officers to collect the taxes due to the Government by the different jagirdars. But those of the Telugu country were in hopes of throwing off the Muhammadan yoke with the help of the brave and fortunate new sovereign of Vijayanagara. Moreover the anonymous chronicler says that 'this demand had been so long deferred, that the jagirdars refused to pay the taxes demanded, and even invited the Vijayanagara sovereign to join them in opposing Muhammad Kuli's forces. As a proof of their intentions, they plundered the country belonging to Golkonda in the neighbourhood of Kandbir. These jagirdars were not all Hindus: both the Golkonda chronicler and the Aminabad inscription mention four out of these chiefs who rebelled against the Sultan; and of them, two were Muhammadans and two Hindus. The names given by the chronicler are the following: Alam Khan Pathan, Khan Khanan, Sabaji Maratha and Balla Row, which correspond to these given by the inscription: Alamakhanundu Khanakhana, Sabaji and Ballarayandu. This inscription states that there were other chiefs who joined the revolt.