Shivaji and His Times c5.s6.25

c5.s6.25

Shivaji’s first small beginnings of territorial expansion were suddenly checked about the middle of 1648 by alarming news from the Karnatak. There on 25th July his father was arrested and all his property and contingent attached by the Bijapuri commander-in-chief, Mustafa Khan, then investing Jinji in the South Arcot district. Later historians have misunderstood the cause of this act. The contemporary Persian historian of Bijapur asserts that Shahji was imprisoned for displaying a spirit of insubordination and obstruction to the commander-in-chief.