The soldiers of the Sultán’s army now, therefore, closely pursued them and troops of them were slain with the unpitying sword. When the Sultán had thus conquered his enemies, he advanced and encamped in the vicinity of Hulkulinar, and the Shoostri who has been before mentioned, when he saw the plain cleared of the enemy, to do away with the impression of his former misconduct made an attack on the village of Khooshalpoor and plun­dered and burned it, making prisoners of a great number of the infidels, with their wives and chil­dren;— he then returned to the presence. From this place now, agreeably to the Sultán’s orders, four Risalas, or regiments, with a large supply of stores and provisions, marched to the fort of Zuf­furabád (Mudgiri), while the Sultán himself remained encamped where he was until the thir­teenth of the month of Mohurrum il Huram. On the fifteenth of that month, A.H. 1199, the Sul­tán marched by several stages to the capital of Koorg, and encamped on the eastern side of the town, by the road, by which, according to the orders of the Sultán, the Amírs and Kháns had entered the jungles, and with hatchets and saws had daily cut away and burned the jungle to the distance of three miles, and in this way had cleared the country to the distance of seven or eight miles. In these operations the tenants of the jungles had been reduced to great extremities and in different battles also of the infidels two or three thousand men had been destroyed.

When, therefore, the chiefs of Koorg saw the signs of weakness and debility on the forehead of the condition of their men, and that they no longer had the power to oppose the army of Islám, they dispersed to all parts of the mountains and jungles, and sought refuge in the most difficult and inac­cessible parts of the country.

The conquering Sultán now therefore appointed and despatched his Amírs and Kháns with large bodies of troops to punish these idolaters and reduce the whole of the country to subjection. As for instance, Monsieur Lally was sent for that pur­pose to the Ilaichee or Cardamum Ghauts, (the western Ghauts according to Colonel Marriott) and the Kushoon of the Shoostri with another was sent under the command of Hussein Alí Khan Bukhshi towards Akrubnar. The rest of the Sipahsirdárs that is to say Mír Mahmood, Imám Khán, &c. were despatched to the Thul Kauveri, and Khooshalpoora, and for two or three months, the Sultán remained encamped on the same ground. The Bukhshi before mentioned however by good management and exertion carried distress and con­fusion among the rebels of that quarter (Akrubnad), and in a short time attacked and destroyed many of their towns, returning with eight thousand men and women with their children prisoners. In the same way Monsieur Lally collected from the Ilaichee Mountains an immense crowd of these wild men, like a flock of sheep or a herd of bullocks, and returned with them to the presence. The Sultán after this moved forward and pitched his tents and standards on ground to the southward of the hill of Thul Kauveri, (the fountain or source of the River Kauveri, arising from the same hill) and despatched his troops in advance, giving them orders to pursue the rebels, that is to capture their chiefs.

The brave Sipahdárs in consequence advanced to the attack on all sides, and as they knew that to cut off these infidels, the seed of disobedience and rebellion, was the policy of the Sultán’s government, and likewise that most profitable to themselves, they with great labour and exertions captured and brought in troops upon troops of the rebels, and in the course of seven months and a few days eighty thousand, men, women and children were made prisoners. At length both the before men­tioned chiefs were taken on the Ilaichee Moun­tains by the exertions of Monsieur Lally. The war, therefore, was now at an end and the rest of the disobedient being humbled, became enrolled among the faithful servants of the Sultán. The Sultán after making arrangements for the security of his conquests, and the erection of several wooden or stockaded forts (called in this country Lukkur Kote) being now free from all apprehension, returned victorious to his capital by the route of Sudapoor.

Of the two chiefs, one Mumoti Naír in a short time died,* and Runga Naír was honoured by being circumcised and made a Mussulman by the Sultán, and named Shaíkh Ahmud, and appointed a Risal­dár.— The Sultán also adopted him as his son. Ballia Banoo the Queen of Kunianore (Cananore) who was of the Mapilu tribe, paid her respects to the Sultán while he was encamped at Thul Kauveri, and brought with her the tribute due for two years, with elephants, horses and other valuables as pre sents;— and she in return was dismissed with dresses of honour and other royal presents.

When the Sultán arrived at Seringaputtun, the prisoners taken in the country of Koorg, who had been all made Mussulmans and were styled Ahmudees, were formed into eight Risalas or regiments, and veteran officers were appointed to train and discipline them, and they with very little labour having instructed these wild men, soon made them perfect in their military exer­cises and movements. About this time the Sultán caused gorgets of gold, silver and jewels to be made, and they were presented to the officers of horse and foot, the Assud Ilahi and Ahmudi regi­ments, according to their different ranks, and the uniforms of these regiments being also made up of tiger cloth, (a new invention in weaving) they were clothed in it. The names of the twelve months and the cycle of sixty years were changed in con­tradistinction to the Arabian names, all which how­ever shall be detailed, please God, on some future occasion. The names also of a number of forts were changed in the same manner;— as for instance;— Chitul Droog, was called Furrokh Yab Hissar; Gootti, Fyze Hissar; Bullari, Sumr Put­tun; Punoogoondi, Fukhrabád; Pao Gurh, Khutmi Gurh;— The Souba Sura, Roostumabád;— but this being the old name was, therefore, merely renewed, or restored;— Nundi Gurh, Gardoon Shukoh; Dewun Hulli, Yousufabád; Pungalore, Darussurroor; Makri, Sawan Gurh. The fort of Bul, Munzurabád; Koorg, Zufurabád; Kalikote, Islamabád; Dindigul, Khalikabád; Sunkli Droog, Muzuffarabád; Kishingiri, Fulk il azum; Mysore, Nuzzurbár;— and in this manner in all matters new terms, or new inventions were introduced. About this time also, from the whole of the Sul­tán’s servants, six or seven thousand men of the Shaíkh and Syud tribes were selected and des­patched to Koorg to re-people that district:— The air and water, however, not agreeing with them, some fell sick with the fever and ague, and after repeated applications to the presence were allowed to return;— but some with whom the climate agreed, remained there.