A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.162

c19.162

Some of these urged that the Râya was too wealthy and powerful, by reason of his immense revenues, which were collected from no less than sixty seaports in addition to very large territories and dependencies, and the number of his forces was too vast, for any single Muhammadan monarch to cope with him. They therefore pressed the Sultan to form a federation of all the kings of the Dakhan and wage a joint war. Ali Âdil heartily concurred in their opinion, and began by despatching a secret embassy to Ibrahîm Qutb Shâh.