A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.112

c12.112

Dâûd was succeeded by Alâ-ud-dîn’s youngest son Mahmûd I.,² Mujâhid’s sister Ruh Parvar Agah having blinded Dâûd’s son, then a boy of eight years, in order to prevent dissension. Mahmûd was apparently welcome to all parties, for even the Râya raised the siege of Raichûr and agreed to pay him the tribute exacted by Muhammad Shâh; so at least says Firishtah. And during the whole of his reign of nearly twenty years there was peace and tranquillity at home and abroad. He died on the 20th April A.D. 1397.³