[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) › c19.14 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.14 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.14 - **Language:** English ### [c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.14) After the fall of Raichûr and the Doâb, Ismâîl Âdil had another fight (1531) with his rival at Ahmadnagar and defeated him; after which the two brothers-in-law consolidated a strong alliance. Three years later Ismâîl died, having contracted a fever while besieging a fortress belonging to the Qutb Shâh of Golkonda. His death occurred on Thursday, August 13, 1534,³ and he was succeeded by his son Malû. Asada Khân was appointed regent of Bîjapûr, but immediately on his accession the new sovereign so offended his powerful subject that he retired to Belgaum, and Sultan Malû, giving himself up to all kinds of excesses, was deposed after a reign of only six months. Malû was blinded by the orders of his own grandmother, and Ibrahîm Âdil, his younger brother, was raised to the throne. It was now 1535. - [Previous: c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.13) - [Next: c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.15) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.14) · Pramāṇa