A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c13.37

c13.37

Bukka reached Vijayanagar in safety and took refuge behind its fortifications, while the Sultan sent his brother Ahmad (afterwards Sultan), whom he had honoured with the title of "Khânkhânân," to ravage the rich districts south of the city. Ahmad fulfilled his instructions and returned with numberless prisoners, and amongst them many Brahmans. The relatives of these in the city begged the aged Râya (Harihara II., still alive) to offer ransom, and after much negotiation the Sultan accepted “ten lakhs of oons”¹ and agreed to the execution of a treaty.