A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.34

c16.34

Yusuf Adil Khân proclaimed himself independent king of Bîjapûr in A.D. 1489. Shortly afterwards his rival, Kâsim Barîd, who ultimately became sovereign of the territories of Ahmadâbâd, in a fit of jealousy called in the aid of Vijayanagar against Bîjapûr, promising for reward the cession of Mudkal and Raichûr, or the country between the two rivers. Narasimha collected the forces of the Hindus, crossed the Tungabhadrâ with a large army, and after laying waste the country seized the two cities Mudkal and Raichûr, which thus once more passed into the possession of Vijayanagar.