A history of the Deccan . ith his army against Sivarajah, the King of Vijayanagar,who had broken into revolt. The Sultan, thus deserted byhis principal Generals, was obliged to submit, and retired toFirozeabad, seemingly spending liis hours in pleasure, butinwardly a prey to grief and sorrow, whicli wasted his strengthdaily. From Firozeabad the Sultan returned to his capital,Bieder, and continuing to indulge in wine and debauchery, heat last succumbed to their effects. After a more than usualindulgence, he fell into fits, during which he frequently criedout that Khajeh Gawan was tearing him in
A history of the Deccan . ith his army against Sivarajah, the King of Vijayanagar,who had broken into revolt. The Sultan, thus deserted byhis principal Generals, was obliged to submit, and retired toFirozeabad, seemingly spending liis hours in pleasure, butinwardly a prey to grief and sorrow, whicli wasted his strengthdaily. From Firozeabad the Sultan returned to his capital,Bieder, and continuing to indulge in wine and debauchery, heat last succumbed to their effects. After a more than usualindulgence, he fell into fits, during which he frequently criedout that Khajeh Gawan was tearing him into pieces, till atlength he died on the 1st Suffer, 887 H., after a reign oftwenty years, and in the twenty-ninth year of his age. Thedate of his death, says Ferishta, is comprised in the followingverses: — The King of Kings, Sultan Muhammed, when suddenlyhe plunged into the ocean of death, as Deccan became wasteby his departure, the ruin of Deccan was the date of hisdeath. CHAPTER XII. THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BIEDER. itli the death of Sultan Muham-fcyj med, the liistoiy of tlie house of Bahmanee as af^ separate and iHde])eiident dynasty may be saidto cease. It is true that his son Mahmood Shahwas placed on the throne, as a boy of eight years of age;reigned for thirty-seven years, and was succeeded by three otherSultans; but these princes were nothing more than puppets,and their dominions were confined to the capital of Bieder, andits immediate vicinity. Taking advantage of the youth of theyoung Sultan, the powerful nobles of the different provinces THE END OF THE HOUSE OF BAHMANEE. 129 asserted each his own independence. Tlie tirst few years ofthe new reign were signalized l)y a series of struggles andintrigues. The capital itself was for many days the scene ofa bloody straggle between the Deccanees and the Abyssinianson the one hand, and the Turks and Moguls on the Adil Shah was the first to take advantage of this con-fusion. Supported by his old com
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