[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) › c19.258 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.258 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.258 - **Language:** English ### [c19.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.258) ¹ Traditionary history at Adoni relates that the governor of the fortress appointed by Sultan Ali Âdil about A.D. 1566 was Malik Rahimân Khân, who resided there for nearly thirty-nine years. His tomb is still kept up by a grant annually made by the Government in continuation of the old custom, and is in good preservation, having an establishment with a priest and servants. Navâb Siddi Mâsûd Khân was governor when the great mosque, called the Jumma Musjid, was completed (A.D. 1662). The Bîjapûr Sultan, the last of his line, sent to him a marble slab with an inscription and a grant of a thousand gold pieces. The slab is still to be seen on one of the arches in the interior, and the money was spent in gilding and decorating the building. Aurangzîb of Delhi annexed Bîjapûr in 1686, and appointed Navâb Ghâzi-ud-Dîn Khân governor of Adoni, who had to take the place from the Bîjapûr governor, Siddi Mâsûd Khân. This was done after a fight, in consequence of the Delhi troops firing (blank) on the great mosque from their guns; which so terrified the governor, who held the Jumma Musjid dearer than his life, that he surrendered. The new governor’s family ruled till 1752, when the country was given to Bassâlat Jung of Haidarâbâd. He died and was buried here in 1777, and his tomb is still maintained. The place was ceded to the English by the Nizâm in 1802 with the “Ceded Districts.” - [Previous: c19.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.257) - [Next: c19.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.259) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.258) · Pramāṇa