shivaji maharaj had openly challenged the adilshahi by capturing forts in his jagir and the territory in north konkan. at that time the badi sahiba was looking after the administration of adilshahi. she sent afzal khan, a powerful and experienced adilshahi general to curb shivaji maharaj. afzal khan set out from bijapur sometime in may 1659. to isolate shivaji maharaj, ali adilshah issued farmans to the deshmukhs in the mavals, ordering them to join afzal khan. besides this, afzal khan made efforts to seek the support of the deshmukh's. a meeting between shivaji maharaj and afzal khan took place on 10th november 1659 at the foot of pratapgad. at the meeting, afzal khan attempted treachery when he went to greet shivaji maharaj by stabbing shivaji in the back with his dagger however shivaji maharaj had come prepared and he was wearing body armour so the dagger failed to pierce his skin. in retaliation, shivaji maharaj ripped at afzal khan's stomach with his weapon which is known as tiger-claws ("wagh-nakh") and killed afzal khan. the marathas destroyed afzal khan’s army in the dense forests of javali. shivaji maharaj secured a large booty from afzal khan's camp which enabled him to consolidate and strengthen his position.