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Meanwhile, Malik Ambar's cavalry feigned retreat, but then launched a surprise attack on the Bijapuri troops, bypassing the Mughal contingent. Malik Ambar's men captured Ikhlas Khan and 240 other commanders of Bijapur. They also captured three Mughal generals; the other Mughal generals fled the battlefield, riding towards the Mughal-controlled territory.{{sfn|Shanti Sadiq Ali|1996|p=81}} The battle thus resulted in a huge victory for Ahmadnagar.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|pp=15-16}} | Meanwhile, Malik Ambar's cavalry feigned retreat, but then launched a surprise attack on the Bijapuri troops, bypassing the Mughal contingent. Malik Ambar's men captured Ikhlas Khan and 240 other commanders of Bijapur. They also captured three Mughal generals; the other Mughal generals fled the battlefield, riding towards the Mughal-controlled territory.{{sfn|Shanti Sadiq Ali|1996|p=81}} The battle thus resulted in a huge victory for Ahmadnagar.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|pp=15-16}} | ||
== Legacy == | |||
The battle was important enough to be recorded by the European traveler [[Pietro Della Valle]], who heard about it in [[Goa]] on 31 October 1624.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|p=21}} Malik Ambar died in 1626, and Ahmadnagar fell to its enemies a decade later, in 1636. In the subsequent decades, [[Shivaji]] - a son of Malik Ambar's subordinate [[Shahaji]] - established a kingdom that covered much of former Ahmadnagar territory, and that ultimately evolved into the [[Maratha Empire]]. The Maratha records portray the battle of Bhatvadi as an important turning point in the history of the region, and as an auspicious omen indicating the rise of the Marathas.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|p=15}} | |||
The [[Sanskrit]]-language texts ''Radha-madhava-vilasa-champuh'' (composed under Shahaji's patronage in 1654) and ''Shiva-bharata'' (composed under Shivaji's patronage in 1674) describe the battle of Bhatvadi.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|p=15}} The [[Persian language]] texts ''Futuhat-i-Adilshahi'' (1640–43), ''Iqbalnamah-i-Jahangiri'' (17th century), and ''Basatin-us-Salatin'' (1824) also contain information about the battle.{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|pp=15, 22}} The event also finds a mention the [[Marathi language]] records, including the ''[[Jedhe Shakawali|Jedhe Shakavali]]'' (17th century) and a [[Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple]] inscription (1803).{{sfn|Pushkar Sohoni|2016|p=15}} | |||