A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.107

c12.107

Dâûd treasured up his resentment at this treatment, and, being joined by other disaffected nobles, secretly plotted the assassination of the Sultan. The conspirators waited till Mujâhid was on his way from Adoni towards Kulbarga, and then one night, that of Friday, April 16, A.D. 1378, ³ while the Sultan was asleep in his tent, Dâûd, accompanied by three other men, rushed in and stabbed him. There was a struggle, and the unfortunate monarch was despatched by the blow of a sabre. ⁴ Dâûd at once proclaimed himself Sultan as nearest of kin—Mujâhid having no children—and being acknowledged, proceeded to Kulbarga, where he was proclaimed.