The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.31

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5. One instance of this was afforded shortly after by the conduct of Makund Raj, the Raja of Kasimkotta. After having received the robe of instalment from the hands of Muhammad Kuli himself in Golkonda, this young prince attempted to seize the person of Birlas Khan, the Sultan’s representative in the country. “Such outrages,; says the Golkonda chronicler, “called for the immediate interference of the King; particularly as the Raja, confiding in the valour of his troops and his native woods and mountains for protection, had not sent the annual tribute to the court”.