Shivaji and His Times c13.s2.6
Shivaji and His Times c13.s2.6
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c13.s2.6
In the Karnatak plain, the local governors of Bijapur in 1676 were Nasir Muhammad Khan (a son of the former wazir Khan Muhammad, Khan-i-Khanan, and a brother of Khawas Khan) with his seat at Jinji and a jurisdiction extending up to Pondicherry, and south of him Sher Khan Lodi (an Afghan protege of Bahlol Khan) with his seat at Wali-ganda-puram. Further south were the Hindu Rajahs of Tanjore and Madura.