1917. J Numismatic Supplement No. XXV I II . 77 



Qil 



11 Chin Qilich Khan Bahadur, Subahdar of Bijapur. was, on 

 account of the transfer of Saif Khan, appointed to the Fauj- 

 dari of the 'Adil-Khani Talkokan and A 1 azamnagar- Belgaon 

 and the Thanahdari of Sampgaon." [1114 a.h.]. 



Two years later, Saif Khan was restored, and u appointed 



adar and FaujdSr of A* azamnagar and Talkokan on the 



isfer of Chin Qilich Khan." (Ibid., p. 496, 11. 4-6). 



I venture to think that a comparison of these passages, one 



with the other, can leave little doubt as to the true readings. 



The two authors correct each other and also themselves, and 



we may take it as fairly certain that the original name was 



tujj&L and not c^iKl* and that the new name was j& pkc ! and 

 not abf Ja*!. The fact that A'azam Shah took the fort while on 



his way to Adoni, the stress laid on its strength and renown, 

 the connection with the Bijapuri Talkokan and with Sampgaon, 

 all go far to establish the identity of the place with the modern 

 Belgaum. The district of Belgaum had come into the posses- 

 sion of the Bijapuris after the battle of Talikota in 1566 a.c. 

 and remained under them until 1686 (Imp. Gaz., VII, 148). 

 Sampgaon is in the same district and the Imperial Gazetteer in- 

 forms us that " the finest Musalman remains in Belgaum district 

 are the fort and Safa Mosque at Belgaum, and the mosque and 

 tombs at Hukeri and Sampgaon." (lb., VII, 148). 



The following passages from the Gazetteer of Belgaum may 



also be quoted : 



"According to Mr. Stokes (Belgaum, 45), after the fall of 

 Bijapur, the fort of Belgaum remained for some years in posses- 

 sion of Aurangzeb's second son Azam and from him was called 

 Azamnagar. * * * The province of Azamnagar formed the 

 western boundary of the district of Bankapur, and it contained 

 within it the district of Gokak, of which the town of Gokak 

 was the head place." (Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. XI, 376 note). 

 And of Gokak, we are told that in 1685, it is " mentioned as a 

 town of note and the head-quarters of a district or Sarkar that 

 surrendered to the Moghals. (Orme's Historical Fragments, 144, 

 Stokes' Belgaum, 43). * * * * In a Maratha revenue statement 

 prepared about 1 789, Gokak appears under the. Azimnagar or Bale- 

 gaon Sarkar as the head-quarters of a pargana or subdivision 

 with a yearly revenue of £1,125 (Rs. 11,250). Waring's His- 

 tory of the Marathas, 245." Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. XI, p. 563. 



Gokak has a very old fort and it is probably the Gokage 

 which is mentioned in an inscription of a.c. 1047 as having been 

 laid siege to by Akkadevi, the aunt of the Western Chalukya 

 king Someshwar (1042-1068). u A fort standing on an isolated 

 peak behind the town, which is said to have been built by one of 

 the 'Adilshahi Sultans of Bijapur, still exists/' (Imperial Gazet- 

 teer, ed. 1908, Vol. XII, 307). 



I have no desire to say anything positive on such a matter, 



