Later Mughals v1.c6.s10.1

v1.c6.s10.1

We left Muhammad Kam Bakhsh, the youngest son of Alamgir, on his way from Ahmadnagar to his new Government at Bijapur. He had reached the fort of Parenda, a distance of seventy or eighty miles, when he heard of his father's death. The Turani Mughals under Muhammad Amin Khan without staying to ask leave, marched off to join Prince Muhammad Azam at Ahmadnagar. Kam Bakhsh's chief adviser Ahsan Khan (Mir Sultan Hasan called Mir Mallang) did what he could to rally the troops left and they resumed their march for Bijapur. As they approached that place, messages were sent to the commandant of the fort, Sayyid Niyaz Khan, promising him a rich reward if he would deliver up the town. At first he declined and commenced to put his walls in a state of defence and erect batteries in front of the gates. [K. K. 569.]