A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.257

c19.257

In 1593 the Bîjapûr Sultan, Ibrâhîm Âdil, invaded Mysore, which then belonged to the Râya, and reduced the place after a three months’ siege. In the same year this Sultan’s brother, Ismâîl, who had been kept prisoner at Belgaum, rose against his sovereign and declared himself independent king of the place. He was besieged there by the royal troops, but owing to treachery in the camp they failed to take the place, and the territories in the neighbourhood were for some time a prey to insurrections and disturbances. Eventually they were reduced to submission and the rebel was killed. Contemporaneously with these events, the Hindus again tried to obtain possession of Adoni, but without success;¹ and a war broke out between the rival kingdoms of Bîjapûr and Ahmadnagar.