In 1636 Shah Jahan emperor of Delhi, invaded the Deccan,
annihilated the power of Ahmednagar and made a treaty with Bijapur, by which
Bijapur was left free to subjugate a much territory from Vijayanagara's as
possible. Golkonda was likewise declared free in this respect. Bijapur took
Vellore and Golkonda seized Chandragiri from 1639 Golkonda began its conquest
of Vijayanagara state through its powerful minister of Mir-Jumla. The region
around Tirupati was gradually brought and conquered under the rule of Golkonda,
and the whole process occupied the period from the treaty of Shah Jahan in AD
1636 right down to Mirjumla's transfer to Mughal Court in AD 1656.
In 1680 East India Company sent an envoy to meet the
Golkonda minister Akkanna and he met the minister brother Madanna, who advised
him to go to Tirupati to contact Akkanna. From these, it is obvious that
Tirupati which flourished as a famous centre of pilgrimage become also the centre
of political and even military administration during this period. Soon after,
the territory passed to the possession of Akkanna, when Madanna and Akkanna
became the principal responsible officer for the Government of the territories
of Golkonda. All these officers governed the territory through subordinate
officers who had their headquarters within the region, and conducted the
government from there, and Tirupati figures as the headquarters of this
subordinate government, where Chintapalli mirza, the local governor had to be
seen by the English agent, who was hence directed to Golkonda itself to see the
Nawab Neknam Khan in this locality.
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