Shivaji and His Times c5.s4.6

c5.s4.6

It is expressly stated in the contemporary Persian history *Padishahnamah* (i. B. 150) that in March 1636 Shahji's family was living at Shivner. As Shivner was one of the seven forts ceded by Shahji to the Mughals in the terms of the treaty of October 1636, Shivaji could not have continued to live in that fort much longer after the end of that year. Shahji himself immediately after his defeat went to Bijapur and entering the Adil Shahi service was sent on campaign further south. He secured from that Government a grant of the Puna district from Chakan to Indapur and Shirwal as his jagir, and appointed Dadaji Kond-dev to administer the tract, telling him, "My wife Jija Bai is living in the fort of Shivner and has brought forth a son named Shivaji. Bring her and her son away and keep them in your charge [at Puna] and supply them with money for their necessary expenses."