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First Islamic Invasion on Vijayanagar

This was followed by a reunion with Bukka of Vijayanagar, the King of Warangal and the Sultan of Delhi. It was decided to lead the army to the south through a joint operation with the Sultan to regain lost power in the Deccan. Inspired by this, the Bahmani Sultan Mohammed deployed two divisions of the newly formed army to face Warangal and Golconda. The expedition was successful and the king of Golconda surrendered. The Sultan accepted the invaluable treasure presented by the King and the magnificent throne donated by the King in exchange for ensuring peace. The precious stone throne was valued at 4 million pounds. In 1424, the fall of Warangal was completed and Bahmani annexed the kingdom. Except for the neighboring countries on the east bank of the Krishna River, all other areas came under Islamic rule. Let us now look at the important events of Bukka’s reign and the highlights of Vijayanagar from about 1365 onwards.
 The great Vijayanagara Empire later saw a strong history spanning over two centuries. As early as 1366, the Bahmani Sultan started his first war campaign against Vijayanagar. Sultan Muhammad's brutal campaign of occupation began with a trivial matter and ended with the war and the massacre of the Hindus. It is estimated that there were at least five lakh victims on the side of the Hindus alone. This information was given to us by Mulla Dawood of Bidar, an attendant of Sultan Muhammad, who witnessed all this. “One evening during sultan’s drunken revelry, he was overjoyed to hear a group of singers singing the lyrics of Amir Khusrau, and ordered Minister Mallek-Sai- al - Ghori to write a message to the King of n Vijayanagar to reward them. The minister prepared the message on the pretext that the Sultan was intoxicated, but did not send it to Vijayanagar. The next day, when sultan inquired about it, he learned that the message had not been sent. King Bukka, who was proud of his freedom, believing that Muhammad's childish message was to insult him, sat down the messenger on a donkey and ridiculed him by parading through the streets. He then prepared thirty thousand horses, thousand elephants and one lakh soldiers for an attack against the arrogant domination and issued an urgent order to camp near Adoni fort. It was a battlefield for the next two hundred years. The king-led army moved towards Mudkal, the main town of Raichur and a Hindu-Muslim conflict zone, despite the monsoons. Mudkal was defeated in the battle. An escaped warrior reported the news to the Sultan. The news angered Muhammad Shah. He ordered the execution of the warrior, saying that he could not stand to see so many brave comrades being killed. On the same day (between January 14, 1366, and February 13, 1366), Muhammad led his army south, vowing never to put the sword of the Holy War in its sheath or retreat until it had killed at least one million infidel Hindus in retaliation for the killing of his loyal warriors. When they reached the banks of the Krishna River, Muhammad proclaimed that food or sleep to be illegal until he could cross this river to face the enemy and chase away their army by the grace of the Almighty and thus delight the souls of the martyrs.
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