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3. For the inscription on l brahim's tomb where he is definitely called "Sultan Ibrahim Qutb Shah" see E.
4 Patronage of Telugu:- We have little data regarding the interstate trade and commerce between Vijayanagar and Tilangana at this early period, but it must have been considerable, otherwise it would not have been possible to import the "hard currency" of Vijayanagar into the Sultanates.
He was made the Secretary of the Sultan, and was the person who brought about an understanding between Ibrahim and Sri Ranga of Vijayanagar,2 The two documents in the Hyder• abad Record Office bring the history of the family to the reigns of Muhammad-Quli Qutb Shah (1518-1612) and 'Abdu'l-lah Qutb Shah (1626-1672).
Caesar Frede- rick says that there were two prominent " Muslim captains " in the Vijayanagar army and each of them had sixty to eighty thousand men under him; which makes it more than a lakh of Muslims in the army 3, The system of enrolling Muslims in the army of the southern Empire was begun by Deva Raya II and continued by Ramaraj, who, like Deva Raya, had a copy of the Qur'an placed next to his seat so r , For the early relations between Ramaraj and the Deccan Sultanates especially Golkonda-Tilangana, see Saletore: Social and Political History of Vijayanagar, II.