A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.9

c19.9

“The Sultan . . . put his army in motion, attended by Ummad Shaw and Ameer Bereed with their forces; and the affairs of Beejanuggur being in confusion owing to the death of Heemraaje, who was newly succeeded by his son Ramraaje,¹ against whom rebellions had arisen by several roies, met with no interruptions to his arms. Roijore and Mudkul were taken, after a siege of three months, by capitulation, after they had been in possession of the infidels for seventeen years.”²