Shivaji and His Times c11.s2.23

c11.s2.23

In 1664 the war with Bednur was renewed. Shivappa Nayak had died in old age, about October 1662. His son and successor, Bhadrappa, was murdered by his Brahmans, (Feb. 1664) and an infant grandson named Basava was set up on the throne* under the regency of his mother Chennammaji and her favourite Timmaya Nayak, a toddy-seller, who "by his cunning policy raised himself to be general and protector" of the realm. At this revolution Ali Adil Shah II. was so incensed that he sent his generals, Bahlol Khan and Sayyid Iliyas Sharza Khan, to invade Bednur from two sides (April 1664.) [*F. R. Surat 104, Karwar to Surat, 18th April 1664. Fryer, i. 41-42.*]