The correct answer is (b).
Adilshahi sultan of Bijapur, Ali Adil Shah II, sent Afzal Khan to capture Shivaji.
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Afzal Khan was a general in the service of the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur. He was sent by the sultan, Ali Adil Shah II, to capture Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Afzal Khan was killed in battle with Shivaji in 1656.