History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s1.2

v4.c60.s1.2

Early in 1660, Ali Adil Shah II. was thinking of avenging Afzal by leading an army against Shivaji in his own person. But just then Siddi Jauhar, an Abyssinian slave who had usurped the fief of Karnul and defied the royal authority, wrote to Bijapur offering to make his submission if his position was recognized. The Sultan agreed, gave Jauhar the title of Salabat Khan, and sent him with an army to put down Shiva. Jauhar easily swept away the Maratha resistance in the open, and drove Shivaji into Panhala (2nd March, 1660), which he closely invested with a force of 15,000 men.