It is proper, however, here to mention that Muhammad Pír Zadah, the son-in-law of Hulím Khán, the chief of Kirpa, finding an opportunity, and having by the pledge of valuable jewels obtained a large sum of money, assembled a body of four or five hundred horse and two thousand foot, and having made an agreement with the English of Mutchli Bundur (Masulipatam), and taking with him a battalion and two guns from Koottoor, he determined on attempting the re-conquest of the districts of Kirpa, and the reduction of the castles and forts of that country.— He therefore advanced and placed a garrison in the fort of Kuhmam, and slaying and plundering proceeded to Budweil. A party of infantry belonging to the Sultán were sta­tioned in that fort, but they having been made favourable by bribery, with their permission or connivance he was allowed to send a party of his own men into the fort, and then he marched on to Kirpa. At this time Kumruddín Khán, by the orders of the Sultán arrived in that neighbourhood, and in conse­quence in the vicinity of Phul Mamra, a severe battle was fought between the two parties which continued vigorously contested from the morning to midday, and the brave men on both sides exerted them­selves with the utmost gallantry. At length the Khán, Kumruddín, determined to deceive and cir­cumvent his enemies; and of a sudden retired with his troops from before them and concealed himself in a wood, in front of which was a tank full of water and a small hill in the midst of the tank, and here he remained looking out for opportunities. The Syud before mentioned, therefore, giving him­self great credit for the victory he had achieved, halted and encamped on the same spot of ground, and the English officer commanding the battalion, also discharging all apprehensions of his enemies from his mind, and flattering himself they had no power to oppose his attack and that they had fled, encamped in the rear of the Syud’s force. When, therefore, two or three hours after this period, the Syud’s cavalry unarmed mounted their horses with­out saddles, and took them to the tank to water them, and were each occupied with his own busi­ness; of a sudden, the Kuzzaks of the brave Khán (Kumruddín) taking advantage of this favourable opportunity, charged them and gashed their breasts with their swords and spears, and they, therefore, fled towards their encampment and gave their troops warning of the Khán’s arrival, but the horse of the Khán followed so close on their heels that the whole of the force was trodden under the hoofs of his cavalry, so that not a single man of them remained alive, except the Syud and the English officer, who with a thousand difficulties, escaped with their lives from this place of slaughter. The victorious Khán now took possession of the forts of Budweil and Khummum, and having settled the affairs of that quarter in the best manner pos­sible, he remained with his troops and artillery ready to chastise his enemies when the Sultan’s order arrived. The moment, therefore, this was received, he marched with his troops and with four thousand horse, forded the river Kishna, and in one night attack on the Mahratta horse, who were just ready to cross over, drowned them in a sea of their own blood, taking many of them prisoners. He then victo­rious marched towards the fort of Nurgoonda, when he pitched his tents between the mountain and the encampment of Boorhanuddín, and a Sipahdár named Shaíkh Imám, one of his own officers, was sent to the assistance of the Sultán’s faithful servants. When the chief of the mountain heard of the arrival of this force with its distinguished commander, and the defeat of the Mahrattas, the loins of his courage were broken, and as most of the bravest infidels had been killed or wounded he was unable to oppose further effectual resistance to the army of Islám, and therefore weaning his heart from the desire of possessing wealth and dominion, and fearing for his life, after a week’s delay he despatched a message of peace and an offer to surrender the fort to the Khán before men­tioned.— He therefore apprized Boorhanuddín of this message and having obtained his concurrence, they in concert the next day despatched a Kowl Nama, or the conditions of agreement, by the hands of Syud Humíd and Mirza Hydur Alí Beg, Risaldár, to the chief of the mountain and he was brought down from the fort, and immediately with his family and children placed in confinement, and under the guard of the Kushoons of the Mirza and Ahmed Beg sent to the presence. Some however say that the daughter of the Poligar, who was one of the most beautiful women of her time, after she was honoured by reception into the Mussulman faith and the performance of the marriage cere­mony was received into the Hurum of the Sultán. In short after the hill and fort were taken, the Talooka was committed to the charge of an Amír, a faithful servant of the Sirkar.

The Sipahsalar Boorhanuddín although he openly appeared united and friendly with the Khán, still in secret entertained great enmity and hatred towards him, and used all kinds of arts in effecting the over­throw of his rank and dignity, and first because he had with his own troops defeated a large body of Mahrattas;— and next because the fort of Nur­goonda had surrendered after his arrival;— while he the Sipahsalar with all his exertions in six or seven months had done nothing. For these reasons he determined to accuse him of a violation or defection of his duty to his sovereign, and thereby make a display and merit of his own loyalty and zeal, and he therefore addressed a letter to the Sultán, stating that Kumruddín Khán, was a dis­affected person, and that it appeared that he through the medium of Mullik Esau Khán, alias Esau Mean Mehdivi, who was his secretary and counsellor, secretly maintained a correspondence with the Nizám of Hydurabád and Mushír ool Moolk Sohrab Jung— that besides this he was openly building a very large house in the Chudder Ghaut of Hydurabád, and that it was most likely he in a short time would abandon the service of the Sultán.

The Sultán without discriminating between friend and foe, as soon as the letter above mentioned arrived, recalled the Khán with his secretary and troops to the presence. This foolish man (the Khán) however did not like to bring his secretary to the Sultán, because during the period of his Dewání or agency he had done many unworthy acts, and had greatly oppressed and plundered the poor, so much so indeed that the whole of the peasantry weeping and wailing had fled to other countries from his exactions and cruelty, for he had taken all affairs of revenue or government under his own direction, and decided on them without asking the consent or pleasure of his master. Of this the Sultán was aware. When therefore the Khán proceeded to the presence, he being afraid that some misfortune might befal him in the event of an investigation into his conduct,— conceiving that all had been done by him from pure zeal for his (the Khán’s) service,— he pre­sented him a gift of a lakh of rupees, and without the knowledge of any one sent him off by night to Hydurabád, while he with his troops marched and joined the Sultán. When however after his arrival the Sultán called for the Dewán, the Khán answered that he had taken leave to bring up his family and dependants from Hydurabád.

This answer confirmed the bad opinion the Sultan previously entertained and the brave Khán was placed in confinement, and his troops incorporated with the Sultán’s army.