History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c80.s4.25

v5.c80.s4.25

In July Maratha activity near Wagingera forced the Emperor to detach Tarbiyat Khan to that region to punish them. [M. A. 516.] Pidia Berad, in alliance with Hindu Rao, gained Penu-konda, "the key of both the Karnataks," by bribing its Mughal qiladar, who had been starving from his salary being left in arrears.* Flushed with their gain of such a fort, the Marathas turned to Sera, the capital of Bijapuri Karnatak Uplands, the district round which they had plundered before, in June 1704. [Storia, iii. 506.] Daud Khan, the faujdar of Karnatak, afterwards recovered Penu-konda. [Dil. ii. 157a.] Siadat Khan, an officer of the Court, was wounded in both eyes by musket-shot, captured, and held to ransom by the enemy. [*Ibid.*] They also recovered Basantgarh from the imperialists about this time. [*Ibid*, 156b.]