[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900) › c19.127 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.127 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.127 - **Language:** English ### [c19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.127) But the most serious reverse which he suffered was at the hands of a chief named Ain-ul-Mulk, whom by ingratitude and ill-treatment he had driven into open rebellion. At the end of a short campaign against this person the royal troops were completely beaten, and the Sultan was driven to take refuge at Bîjapûr. In a state of desperation he called on the Râya of Vijayanagar for aid, and Râma, as usual representing the puppet sovereign, sent his brother, Venkatâdri, with a large force to expel the enemy from the Sultan’s dominions.¹ The story of the rebel “Ein-al-Moolk’s” discomfiture at the hands of Venkatâdri is thus told by Firishtah:²— - [Previous: c19.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.126) - [Next: c19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.128) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) — Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Firishta 1606, Persian - [Bijâpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bijapur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.127) · Pramāṇa