The troops available at Bijapur were not sufficient to repulse the joint attack.[1] The Habshi generals realised that they could not defend the city alone and tendered their resignations to Chand Bibi.[2] Abu-ul-Hassan, a Shi'a general appointed by Chand Bibi, called for the Maratha forces in Carnatic. The Marathas attacked the invaders' supply lines,[8] forcing the Ahmednagar-Golconda allied army to retreat.