A History of Agriculture in India v2.c86.s2.1

v2.c86.s2.1

Leadership to the revolt was provided by the chiefs who were men of families who had for generations filled the offices of heads of villages or functionaries of districts, and had often been employed as partisans under the governments of Ahmadnagar and Bijapur. One such chief was Maloji Bhosla, who rose to a command of 5,000 horses in the service of Sultan of of Ahmadnagar. His son was Shahji, the father of Sivaji.