FROM THE EAST INDIAN CO. 93 



Narsinga, Orixen, (Orissa) and Bengalen (Bengal) are 

 mentioned in the report (written in 1660 by Foulke 

 Grevil, Treasurer of the Navy, to Secretary Sir Robert 

 Cecil) which led immediately to the establishment of 

 the East India Company. {Calendar of State papers 

 Vol. I No. 266). 



Vijayanagara was overwhelmed in 1565 by a combin- 

 ation of Muhammad an Sultans of the Deccan in the 

 battle of Talikota, in which the King, Eama Eaja, him- 

 self was killed. The place is situated in the Bellary 

 Distict and is entirely in ruins which extend over 

 many square miles. The only part of it now occupied 

 is a little village which bears the undistinguished name 

 of Humpy. 

 Nisainxa Adelxa. — Nizam Shah Adil Shah. The Nizam is 

 the hereditary style of the reigning prince of the 

 Hyderabad Territories. The early Portuguese writers 

 generally used the form Nizamulco, which represents 

 Nixam-ul-mulk, or Nizamoxa, which represents Nizam 

 Shah. 



Adil Shahi was the name of a Muhammadan dyna sty 

 which ruled at Bijapur from 1489 till 1672 or later. 

 The Adil Shahis were almost continuously at war with 

 Vijayanagar (Vide Narzinga), and they took part in the 

 battle of Talikota in which Rama Eaja, the King of 

 Vijayanagara, was killed and his forces defeated. 



The following extract from Garcia de Orta's Colloquies 

 (printed in Goa in 1563) is worth quoting in this con- 

 nection as it contains the variations Nizamulco and 

 Idalcam (Adil Khan). 



"This King of Dely conquered the Decam and the 

 Cuncam ; and retaflsied the dominion a while ; but he 

 could not rule territory at so great a distance, and so 

 placed in it a nephew crowned as King. This King 

 was a great favourer of foreign people such as Turks, 

 Rumis, Coraconis, and Arabs, and he divided his king- 

 dom into captaincies, bestowing upon Adelham (whom 



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