Khunza Humayun Begum

She conducted a war against Bijapur in alliance with Venkatadari of Penukonda and Ibrahim Qutb Shah, which however ended in defeat.

Her unpopularity came to a crucial point when the kingdom was invaded by Ali Adil Shah in 1569, who conquered Kondana and established the fort Dharur there.

However, her son changed his mind and alerted his mother, and the conspirators, among them Khwaja Mirak Dabir and Sayyid Murtaza, fled to Alia Adil Shah.

Two Nizam Shahi officers convinced her son to send Habsh Khan to inform his mother that "it was his pleasure that she should no longer engage in public affairs", and that she should retire to purdah like the other princesses.

As a response, she mounted a horse and armed herself with a bow and sword and dagger arrest the conspirators.

A tree blossoms at the touch of Khunza Humayun, the dohada theme. Tarif-i Husain Shahi