 In 1591, the Mughal emperor Akbar had asked all the four Deccan sultanates to acknowledge his supremacy.All the sultanates evaded compliance, and Akbar's ambassadors returned in 1593.In 1595, Ibrahim Nizam Shah, the ruler of Ahmednagar Sultanate was killed in a severe battle about 40 miles from Ahmednagar at Shahdurg against Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur.