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 Bidar, pursued by his master. On his arrival at Bidar the garrison, fearing lest his request for protection should be only a ruse to gain admission to the fort on behalf of his master, shut the gates in his face and fired on his troops, killing several. Meanwhile Murtaza arrived, and Sahib Khan found himself between two fires. He hastily tendered his submission to his master on condition that Salabat Khan, his principal opponent, should be dismissed, and that Bidar should be captured and given to him in jagir. The infatuated Sultan agreed to these terms, dismissed Salabat Khan to Bir, and, with the help of troops sent by Ibrahim Qutb Shah from Golconda, laid siege to Bidar. AH Barid Shah applied for help to Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur, who sent a thousand horse and promised to send more on certain conditions. At this time Murtaza heard of the rebellion of his son in Ahmadnagar, and hastily returned to his capital, leaving Ibrahim Qutb Shah's troops with some of his own to continue the siege. The Golconda troops, however, very soon retired to their own country, and the Ahmadnagar troops under Mirza Yadgar were forced to abandon the siege.

Ali Barid Shah died in 1579, as appears from a chronogram in his beautiful tomb at Bidar. He was succeeded by his son Ibrahim Barid Shah, who reigned for seven years and was succeeded in 1586 by Qasim Barid II. In 1589 Qasim was nominally succeeded by his infant son, but a relative. Amir Barid, usurped the throne. He was expelled in 1601 by Mirza Ali Barid, another member of the family, and compelled to fly to Bhagnagar or Haidarabad. Mirza Ali Barid Shah reigned till 1609, and was succeeded by Ali Barid. In 1619, Ibrahim Adil Shah II marched to Bidar to punish Ali Barid, who riad maintained the family tradition of hostility to Bijapur. Bidar fell, and Ali Barid and his sons were made captive by Ibrahim, who carried them to Bijapur, where they ended their days in captivity, Bidar being annexed to Bijapur. Bidar remained a part of the Bijapur kingdom until Aurangzib began to lay his plans for the entire subjugation of the kingdoms of the Deccan. Early in 165^ this prince, then viceroy of the Deccan for his father, the emperor Shahjahan, taking with him his son, Muhammad Muazzam, Mir Jumla, and Iftikhar Khan, marched from Aurangabad to Bidar, which was held by Malik Marjan, who had been qalahdar of the place under the Adil Shahi kings for 30 years. Aurangzib besieged the fortress, and in