A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.253

c19.253

In 1580 Ali Âdil was murdered. Firishtah in his history of the Qutb Shâhs gives the date as Thursday, 23rd Safar, A.H. 987, but the true day appears to have been Monday, 24th Safar, A.H. 988, corresponding to Monday, April 11, A.D. 1580. This at least is the date given by an eye-witness, one Raft-ud-Dîn Shirâzî, who held an important position at the court at the time. (The question is discussed by Major King in the *Indian Antiquary*, vol. xvii. p. 221.) Ibrâhîm Qutb Shâh of Golkonda also died in 1580, and was succeeded by Muhammad Qulî, his third son, who in 1589 founded the city of Haidarâbâd, originally called Bhâgnagar. He carried on successful wars in the present Kurnool and Cuddapah districts, capturing Kurnool, Nandiâl, Dole, and Gandikota, following up these successes by inroads into the eastern districts of Nellore.