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of their possessions, and annexed them to the immediate jurisdiction 

 of the khalsa (or exchequer,) as a dependency on the newly-formed 

 soobah of Beejapoor, under the name of Beejapoor Carnatic. 



42. While the government of Beejapoor was gradually reducing the 

 Progvess of Gol- upper provinces of the ancient Carnatic, the state 



conda in reducing . t 



the Eastern depen- ol Golconda had extended its acquisitions in equal 



dencies of the Car- ^^^ ^ the NE> &nd gjg quarters> 



43. Of the progress of the Golconda government in acquiring their 

 A D 1646 share of the spoils of the Carnatic, we have yet obtained by 

 A. S. 1568. f ew connected accounts. In pursuance of agreement with 

 Beejapoor, they would appear to have about the same time also sent an 

 army into the Eastern Carnatic adjacent to the territory of Guntoor,* 



Guntoor.Guddapa, and reduced the whole tracts lying along the coast, 

 gltputToonamalli; and thence extended their conquests above the 

 &c - Ghauts, including Cummum, Cudappa and Gooty; 



these were then still nominally dependent on the Rayel at Chundra- 

 geery;f but in fact at this time in the hands of various petty chiefs 

 who had usurped all the authority of government under different titles. 

 The chief places and forts appear to have fallen successively, but the 

 materials yet obtained, afford no regular detail of the operations. The 

 famous Meer Jumla,who afterwards revolted to Aurungzebe, and was 

 so instrumental to his success in ascending the throne, was the principal 

 general employed by the king of Golconda on the service ; and it is 

 said on this occasion, he| enriched himself enormously by wealth acquir- 

 ed in the conquest. 



44. Gingee, the strong fortress of that name, was reduced by Mus- 



n , n t tapha Cawn,S and that family descended from one 



Vjingee tails to r '•> J 



Beejapoor. f th e ancient established nobility of Beejanuggur, 



* Guntoor or Condaver, was reduced to the government of Sultan Abdulla-Cootub 

 Shah, A. D. 1646. — Condaver Annals, p. 28. It is to be observed that it was conquered 

 by Golconda in 1580, but after 36 years' possession, it was recovered and lost twice by 

 the Hindoos, till its final reduction this year. 



f Chundrageery fell A. D. 1646. — Sree Permadoor Memoir. 



X Particularly from the Diamond-mines, whereone remarkable gem is recorded as an 

 object of imperial avarice and avidity. 



§ MustaphaCawn was probably one of the Beejapoor generals,, when Sevajee made 

 his memorable irruption into the Carnati*. He appears to have considered Gingee as a 



