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Senji (Jinji) in 1677 and entered into a treaty with the French in 1680 and returned to Poona.
Ali Adil Shah and Aurangazeb admired the martial qualities of Shivaji and thought that it was futile to fight Shivaji any longer. But Aurangazeb desired to have a look at Shivaji. So he sent a painter to bring him an accurate portrait of Shivaji, One day the painter saw Shivaji riding a horse in a corn field armed with a lance. He was eating the corn and also feeding his horse. The painter painted him in this posture and submitted it to Aurangazeb. Looking at the portrait, Aurangazeb lost all hopes of defeating Shivaji.
- 7 Ekoji IV at Thanjavur*
Then Shivaji arranged to settle the wife of his brother Sambhaji and his children at Rajpur. Sambhaji's son was Umaji. Umaji's wife was sakku Bai. They had at a son who was named Parasoji.
As Ekoji IV was the son of Shahji's first wife, he was awarded all the “Birudas” of Shahji and sent to Bangalore accompained by his wives Deepa Bai and Sayi Bai.
At Bangalore in Saka 1593 (A. D. 1671), a son was born to Deepa Bai and he was named Shahji (III).
Adil Shah now thought that it was wise to have the friendship of Ekoji and conferred on him the vassalage of Bangalore.
Now there was a dispute between the Nayaks of Thanjavur and Tiruchirapalli. The former sought the help of Ali Adil Shah. Adil Shah bade Khadar Kalas Khan and Abdul Halim to help the Thanjavur Naik. They wanted to seek the help of Ekoji and accordingly with the permission of Adil Shah represented their request. Ekoji came with a large army. On the way Arni was captured and Vedaji Bhasker was placed in charge of it. Then he proceeded to Thanjavur, defeated the Naik of Tiruchirapalli and on his return to Bangalore, he encamped at Tiru Mazhapadi on the bank of the Coleroon. There Deepa Bai gave birth to her second son in Saka 1596 (A.D. 1674). He was named Sarabhoji (III). As a result of the quarrel between the Thanjavur Naik and his men, Ekoji was invited to take the reigns of the government of Thanjavur. Ekoji accepted the invitation.
- 8 The family of Shivaji*
Shivaji had altogether eight wives. They were Sai Bai, Kashi Bai, Sakwar Bai, Putla Bai, Saguna Bai, Soyra Bai, and one each from the Malwa and Vichara families.
