[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 44.1.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 44.1.6 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 44.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [44.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1.6) In the year 757 A.H. (1356 A.D.) he conducted a stream from the river Jamna from the vicinity of Mandui (Mandili) and Sarur, and having led seven other canals into it took it to Hansi and thence to Ras where he built a fortress which he called Hisar Firoza, and dug a spacious reservoir beneath the palace which was in that fortress, and filled it with water from the canal; he also led another stream from the canal of the Ghaghar underneath the fortress of Sarsuti, and from thence to Birni Khera, and in the space between them he built a fortress and named it Firozabad. At the end of this year on the occasion of the ‘Idu-z Zaha a robe of honour arrived for the Sultan from the Khalifah Al-Hakim bi-amr-illahi Abul Fath Abu Bakr ibn Abil Rabi‘ Suleiman from the Darul Khilafat of Egypt, with a patent conferring upon him the whole of Hindustan; and in this same year messengers from Haji Ilyas the ruler of Lakhnauti, having arrived bearing splendid presents and offerings, were distinguished with countless favours and kindnesses, after which they returned, and it was ordered that in return for these presents (handsome) elephants should be sent. The whole of Hindustan was now in possession of Sultan Firoz with the exception of Lakhnauti, which was held by Haji Ilyas, who had come to terms with the Sultan, and with the exception also of the Deccan, which, after the death of Sultan Muhammad, had come into the possession of Hasan Kangu. - [Previous: 44.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1.5) - [Next: 44.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1.7) - [Up: 44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.44.1.6) · Pramāṇa