Shivaji and His Times c11.s2.14
Shivaji and His Times c11.s2.14
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† In the Persian histories of Bijapur he is styled Rajah of *Malnad*, which is a Kanarese word meaning "hill country." (*Mysore Gazetteer*, ii. 286.) The Portuguese records prove that he died before the close of 1662. Surat, Vol. 104, Karwar to Surat, 18th April 1664 shows that Bhadrappa was "murdered per his Brahmans" very early in 1664,—which agrees with the Portuguese account that he sickened (of small-pox) and died in a few days after making peace with Adil Shah, not without suspicion of having been poisoned. (Pissurlencar, i. 19n.)