Queen Chand obtains the release of Bahadur Nizam Shah. He is
formally crowned. Mahomed Khan appointed peshwa; he raises
his relatives to high offices. The old chiefs disgusted. The peshwa
seizes many of them. Queen Chand applies for aid to her nephew,
Ibrahim Adil Shah of Beejapoor, who sends an army under his
general Soheil Khan to her assistance. The peshwa Mahomed Khan
intrigues with the Mogul general Khan Khanan. Mahomed Khan's
treachery discovered; he is seized by the garrison of Ahmud-
nuggur, and made over to Queen Chand for punishment. The
Moguls seize districts not included in the late treaty. A formidable
army, composed of the troops of Ahmudnuggur, Beejapoor, and
Golconda, under Soheil Khan, amounting to sixty thousand men,
advances towards Berar. Battle of Soopa. The Deccan troops are
eventually defeated on the second day. The Mogul forces canton
at Jalna. Nehung Khan is created peshwa by Queen Chand. He
attempts to seize her; is excluded from the fort; lays siege to it;
recovers some of the districts south of the Godavery occupied by
the Moguls. The Prince Moorad Mirza dies; is succeeded in the
command of the army of the Deccan by his brother Daniel Mirza.
Akbur Padshah proceeds to the Deccan; besieges Aseer, while his
son Daniel advances to attack Ahmudnuggur. Nehung Khan
attempts to oppose their march, but eventually retires to Joonere.
Second siege of Ahmudnuggur. Queen Chand calls a council of
war; she recommends the surrender of the fort; her opinion over-
ruled; she is seized by the garrison, and murdered. Ahmudnuggur
taken by storm, and the garrison put to the sword. Bahadur Nizam
Shah conveyed prisoner to the fort of Gualiar.
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