Draft:Siege of Vijayangara (1474)
| Siege of Vijayanagara | |||||||||
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| Part of Bahmani–Vijayanagar Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Bahmani Sultanate | Vijayanagar Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Mahmud Gawan | Virupaksha Raya II | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 20,000 massacred by Mahmud Gawan | ||||||||
  Location within Karnataka | |||||||||
In 1474 A.D.,[1] after subjugating the city of Belgaum, Mahmud Gawan requested an advance permission to march towards the capital of Vijayanagara State from Muhammad Shah III.[2] Subsequently, in the same year, he seized the capital town of Vijayanagara Empire through a siege upon it.[3]
Background
Loss of Belgaum
After the conquest of Belgaum in 1472, the Bahmani king concentrated toward the conquest of Telangana. In 1474, he led an invasion of Wairagarh and conquered it from Jatak Roy. Perkatapha, disgusted with the new masters during this period, revolted. He drew back his allegiance, hoisted the standard of revolt, and seized the island of Goa.[2]
Mahmud Gawan, upon hearing of this revolt, requested the Sultan's permission to quell Perkatapha, crush the revolt, and annex the Bahmani dominion. He proposed conquering the territories of Kanara and Vijayanagar, merging them into the Islamic dominion. Belgaum is said to have been lost at this juncture in the very campaign, thus marking the end of its final lose from the control of Vijayanagar.[3]
The Siege
Mahmud Gawan did not long fulfill his vow. He laid siege to the city of Vijayanagar after taking Belgaum. [2]20,000 were killed when the city fell, but still worse destruction was avoided for the capital and its inhabitants when forces from Bahmanis were taken off to stem a threatened invasion of Telangana by the King of Orissa. With that respite, the Vijayanagar Empire remained highly destabilized, with a large number of its subordinate rulers rejecting the authority of King Virupaksha and declaring themselves independent or hostile.[3]
The king of Bidar attacked the power of Hindu prince Kadam and took his capital Baichanagar, a vast city surrounded by three forts and crossed by a river
See also
References
- ^ Knežević, Anto (1994). "The Case of Afanasii Nikitin: Some Remarks About a Political Friendship". Islamic Studies. 33 (4): 485–495. ISSN 0578-8072. JSTOR 20840183.
- ^ a b c Sharma, M. H. Rama (1956). The History Of The Vijayanagar Empire. pp. 77–78.
- ^ a b c GOPAL, M. H. (1956). THE HISTORY OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE VOL.1. POPULAR PRAKASHAN,BOMBAY. pp. 77–78.