BI'JAPLR. ^ , 453 



king in H'lndocjlan, and the Dikkan, The Begum 



majedy, it is true, is the conqueror of the wcrid, [b) 



'■,'-'■ departed from the wife policy of your illuflrious 



:.elioi&, when they fubdued kingdoms, . made the poffelTors. 



fubjefls and tributaries, and thus became kings of 



iv/r - you are now only a limple king, v/ithout royal fub- 



' c. ' homage, and to give you' a claim to that enviable 



*' title." AuRENGZEB was forcibly flruck with the juftice cf th's 



remaikj which occafioned him fo much uneaiinefs, that he could not 



refrain from expreffing his difpleafure at the delivery of feniiments 



fo hurtful to his vanity. When AuRE>JGZES-took^/^^^r,- he gave 



it the name of ^' Dar>oo Zuffur. {dj 



The Emperor's Ton, Muh'^mmed Kam Bukhsh, was appointed (o 

 the government of hijapu'\ 1707 A. D. In this eventful year, Aureng- 

 ZEsdied, and his fons contended for the empire. KA^ EuiChsh on" 

 his arrival at B'rjapur^ afTumed, the' .imperial titks, proclaimed the 

 K/iootba,. and ftruck coins in his own name. Foriunej, howeve-3 

 favored, the arms of Shah- Alum, who having vanquifhed all the 

 competitors for Bijapur^ remained under the imperial authority 

 until the year 1724 A. D. the epoch of the eftabl'ilhrnent of Nizam- 

 Ool-Moolk's independence iu the Dekkafu It wash-. Id by his fuc 

 cellars till 1760, when NizAM-ULEB-KHAN,^having been completely 

 defeated by the Feshwa Balaj.ee-Bajee-Rao, purchafed a peace 

 by ceding, to the Marhattas the Soobah o^ Bijapiir, with other forts 

 and didrids, yielding an annual revenue of 6o,co5O00 rupees, ^ipm 

 that period, the Marhattas have retained poflefGion of this Fort, and 

 it's dependencies. 



(1^.) A&LUMGiB, the nkina by which Aluemgibb is giU'.';all| called iu India. 



(O) Shaliun Slia'i. 



((0 The Place of Victory. 



3- W. 



