through all the quarters of Beejanuggur, sent him back with every
mark of contempt and derision. He also gave immediate orders for
assembling his troops, and prepared to attack the dominions of the
house of Bhamenee. With this intent he marched with thirty thousand
horse, three thousand elephants, and one hundred thousand foot to
the vicinity of the fortress of Oodnee;[45] from whence he sent
detachments to destroy and lay waste the country of the faithful."

The Raya, in spite of the season being that of the rains, pressed
forward to Mudkal, an important city in the Raichur Doab, or the
large triangle of country lying west of the junction of the Krishna
and Tungabhadra rivers, a territory which was ever a debatable ground
between the Hindus and Mussulmans, and the scene of constant warfare
for the next 200 years. Mudkal was captured, and all the inhabitants,
men, women, and children, put to the sword. One man only escaped and
carried the news to Kulbarga.

"Mahummud Shaw, on hearing it, was seized with a transport of grief
and rage, in which he commanded the unfortunate messenger to be
instantly put to death; exclaiming that he could never bear in his
presence a wretch who could survive the sight of the slaughter of so
many brave companions."

The same day -- I.E. on a day in A.H. 767, in the month of
Jamad-ul-awwal, which lasted from January to February 13, A.D. 1366 --
the Sultan marched southwards taking a solemn oath --

"that till he should have put to death one hundred thousand infidels,
as an expiation for the massacre of the faithful, he would never
sheathe the sword of holy war nor refrain from slaughter. When he