A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.68

c12.68

Muhammad Shâh died on 21st April A.D. 1375,¹ and was succeeded by his son Mujâhid, then nineteen years old. Shortly after his accession Mujâhid wrote to Bukka Râya (still called "Kishen Roy" by Firishtah¹), "that as some forts and districts between the Kistnah and Tummedra (Tungabhadrâ) rivers were held by them in participation, which occasioned constant disagreements, he must for the future limit his confines to the Tummedra, and give up all on the eastern side to him, with the fort of Beekapore and some other places." This "Beekapore" is the important fortress of Bankâpur, south of Dhârwâr. The Dakhâni sovereigns always looked on it with covetous eyes, as it lay on the direct route from Vijayanagar to the sea, and its possession would paralyse Hindu trade.