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.
At the beginning of a winter of 1406, the Sultan's army approached Vijayanagar. They attacked the city, looted houses and occupied the streets. Firuz Shah was then forced to give up everything and retreat as the city dwellers chased away the Islamic militants. That victory prompted Devaraya to defend his army within the walls. At the same time, he set out to retaliate against the Sultan's camp. In the rocky area of Vijayanagar, the Islamic militants were unable to use their cavalry properly and lost confidence. At the same time, Firuz Shah's hand was wounded by an arrow. Eventually, the king’s army retreated, kneeling before the might of Ahmed Khan and Khan Khan, and the Sultan withdrew from the city and stayed elsewhere for four months, waiting for the wounds of him and other wounded soldiers to heal. Devaraya, who was defeated in the war, was imprisoned in the capital. At the same time, the corpses of the slain Vijayanagara soldiers were desecrated and mutilat...
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