A history of the Deccan . kissinghis eyes and forehead, clasped his noble brother in embrace,and superintended the dressing of his wounds, but all wasvain; and the hero, according to the declarations of holy writ(iiihen their death comes theij shall 7iot delay an instant noralnde), after three days and nights, having drunk the Sherbetof martyrdom, speeded to the world eternal.* This victory was the flood of Adil Shahs fortunes, and lefthim firmly established in his kingdom, which now extended fromGulburga and Sholapore to Goa, being bounded on the east bythe Kistna, and on the west by the moun
A history of the Deccan . kissinghis eyes and forehead, clasped his noble brother in embrace,and superintended the dressing of his wounds, but all wasvain; and the hero, according to the declarations of holy writ(iiihen their death comes theij shall 7iot delay an instant noralnde), after three days and nights, having drunk the Sherbetof martyrdom, speeded to the world eternal.* This victory was the flood of Adil Shahs fortunes, and lefthim firmly established in his kingdom, which now extended fromGulburga and Sholapore to Goa, being bounded on the east bythe Kistna, and on the west by the mountains of the Konkan. * Ferishta calls Guzzunfir Beg the Sultans brother, but it is difficultto understand how this could be, because Adil Shah, it Avill be remem-bered, was sent away from Constantinople to escape being killed as aninfant, and only arrived in India, alone, after a series of , however, he was the Sultans adopted brother, as we are toldby Ferishta that Adil Shah was adopted by Khajeh 10 YUSUF ADIL SHAH OF BIJAPUB. 147 Til 1502, Adil Shah resolved upon a very important step,which was to change the religion of the State from the Sunneeto the Shcah creed. During his stay in Persia, Adil Shahhad imbibed the Sheali doctrine, and was a disciple of theHouse of Suffeewee, which had now succeeded to the Govern-ment. This change of religion at first excited great animosityamongst his brother Sultans in the Deccan, who at oncedeclared against him what is known as the holy war of thefoiu brothers. In introducing this change Adil Shah behavedwith singular moderation. Converts or Perverts are generallyvery bigotted, but Adil Shah publicly let his subjects knowthat, whatever he might believe, he was not going to interferewith their beliefs. My faith for myself and your faith foryourselves, was his tolerant maxim, and the result was that,although a few of his officers withdrew from his service, themajority remained loyal. At fiist the combination of tlie
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