Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c14.s2.6

v1.c14.s2.6

The description of the matrimonial alliance between the Bahmani and Vijayanagara royal houses given above, as related by Firishtah, may incidentally be examined here. The Muhammadan historian starts his account with an eulogy of Firūz Shāh Bahmani. "From various historians we learn, that Firoze Shah excelled his predecessors in power and magnificence, and that in his reign the house of Bahmuny attained its greatest splendour. He compelled the Ray of Beejanuggur to give him his daughter in marriage, though contrary to the custom of the Hindoos, who marry only in their own cast".¹ This was obviously after the disastrous campaign of A.D. 1406, which Dēva Rāya II commenced with vigour but ended in ignominy.² Firishtah is the only authority for this piece of information.