The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.34

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¹ Ferishta, III, p. 464-5. The Muhammadan writer says that the Golkonda forces were ‘nearly defeated’; that the Muhammadans lost several brave officers and men, and that the Raja on reaching his city ‘put to death Birlas Khan’, etc. Nevertheless, he attributes this victory to the same Muslim army. The imposture is evident. To save the honour of the Muhammadans after describing their defeat, he proclaims an imaginary great victory obtained by them over the Hindus. If the young Raja did not succeed in seizing Birlas Khan, the Sultan’s representative, when there was not in the country such a formidable army of Golkonda, it is impossible to suppose that he could put him to death on this occasion in the face of so large an army commanded by the Amir Jumla, especially after his own army had been entirely routed by the army of Golkonda.