Brutal attack on Vijayanagar by Ahmad Sha Bahmani

In 1419, Devaraya II, the king of Vijayanagar, fought with Firuz Shah. The Sultan's attack on the Warangal fort failed miserably .The situation was no different in Pangul. The Vijayanagara army, consisting of horses, elephants and infantry, marched fiercely against the Sultan. Firuz Shah fought despite knowing that he had a weak army. Let's see what Firishta has to say about this. General Mir fazal Olla heroically led an army of Islamic forces to victory; things changed when one of his own allies received a reward from Devaraya and switched the sides by Attacking on Fazal Olla’s head. Defeated, the Sultan escaped. It was his brother, Ahmad Khan, who led the sultan to victory in the ensuing battles. Hindus were expelled from the country. Firuz Shah, worried about the misfortunes that followed him, wanted to hand over the reins of power to his son, Hassan, the husband of the beautiful girl, but the sultan, under pressure, appointed Ahmed Khan to succeed him. After the death of Firuz Shah in 1422 AD, Ahmad Khan became the Sultan of Kulbarga, and came to power.

As soon as he came to power, Ahmad Khan began to try to instill confidence in the people of the country in his governance. He mobilized his army to retaliate against the attacks of Devaraya. The general of Devaraya prepared his army with the aid from Warangal and reached the base at south of Tungabhadra. Opposite this base Sultan's army reached the north bank of the Tungabhadra. Devaraya's kingdom was shattered in an attack by the Islamic army across the river and the inactive army was defeated and retreated. As the siege of the city and the conquest of the country continued unabated, Ahmad Shah indiscriminately killed women, men, and children everywhere. When the death toll rose to 20,000, he would stop the bloodshed for three days and celebrate the inhumane act. Many Hindu temples and schools were thus destroyed. and outraged, about 5,000 Hindus vowed to sacrifice their lives to overthrow the Sultan.

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