A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.20

c16.20

Firishtah also gives another account of the same event. According to this, the Âdil Shah, hearing of dissensions in the Hindu capital, marched, apparently in 1493, against Raichûr, when Heemraaje, having settled these dissensions, advanced “with the young Râya” to that city. A battle ensued, in which Heemraaje was defeated; and the young king being mortally wounded, and dying before he reached home, Heemraaje seized the government and the country.