4oO Political Events in, the Carnatic, from 1564 to 1687. £No. 150. 



out a destructive warfare of twenty-five years, of whose effects the 

 South has not yet entirely recovered. 



63. On this expedition, it is said, he attempted to wrest Tanjore 

 Demands half of fr° m ms brother Eckojee; though some uncertainty 



irL tat Eckojee Sta o e f haD § S 0Ver U > if il be at a11 tFUe > aS Ecko J ee is stated 



Tanjore. to have only got possession of Tanjore in 1675 ; and 



Sevajee returned to his own country in October* 1677, so that he 

 only passed one year in the Carnatic, however employed. But by 

 this expedition (by late and authentic materials,) he is stated to have 

 acquired countries yielding a revenue of fifty lacs of hoons, dependent 

 on the strong fortresses of Gingee, Vellore,t Colar, &c. 



64. The generals of the imperial troops had been repeatedly changed 

 The Imperial ge- in Deckan by the emperor's order, who though so 



nerals in Deckan ... ~ 



frequently changed, far distant as Cabul, yet could have notice in 



fourteen days of every interesting transaction; no less than five of 



these officers had been changed within the last eighteen years, fromj 



The emperor di- 1657 to 1675, when Khan, who was then the gene- 



rects the war at a ° 



distance. Hostilities ral, undertook the siege of Beejapoor with the collec- 



renewedagainstBee- _ 



japoor. ted forces of the fcouth, and a serious engagement 



ensued on the Beema. Though many of the discontented nobles had 

 fled to different quarters, the general Abdul Kerrim made a gallant 

 resistance, and the action was not decisive. 



65. In this first campaign, Beejapoor was assisted by the Hindoo 

 Which now is aided minister of Golconda, who seemed then at last to have 

 by Golconda. f e j t tne common danger. Among the auxiliaries on 

 the side of the Imperialists, was Islam Khan Rhoomee, the fugitive 

 Basha of Bussora, with a body of Toorks ; vast numbers of Rajapoots 

 also served in the emperor's army under their chiefs. A second engage- 



Succeses of the Im- noent ensued scarcely more decisive, but the imperial 

 periahsts. general found means to bring over many of the dis- 



* Tanjore Memoirs. Anquetille du Perron's Recherches Historique. 

 t Madras Records and Memoir of Sevajee. 

 J In 1657, Sultan Mahomed Mazim. 



„ 1659, Chaista Khan. 



„ 1664, Mirza Raja Jey Sing. 



,, 1666, Sultan Mahomed Mazim, a second time. 



1671 Maharaja Jeswunt Sing, 1 De nuties 

 ■• lb71 ' Mohabut Khan, J deputies. 



,, 1675, Khan Jehan. 



