[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) › [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) › [History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs) › 101.10 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 101.10 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 101.10 - **Language:** English ### [101.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.10) It has been already mentioned in the history of Moortuza Nizam Shah, that his brother, Boorhan Nizam Shah, having been foiled in an attempt to dethrone him, fled for protection to the court of the Emperor Akbur. On his departure, he left behind him his two sons, Ibrahim and Ismael, who were confined in the fortress of Lohgur. The younger being raised to the throne, on the death of Meeran Hoossein Nizam Shah, assumed the title of Ismael Nizam Shah, and was acknowledged by the successful partisan, Jumal Khan. Jumal Khan being of the sect of Mehdvy persuaded the King to embrace the same tenets, and to commit the power of government into the hands of his followers. In the beginning of his administration, he obliged the few foreigners who had escaped the massacre in the last reign to quit Ahmudnuggur, after seizing their effects. Most of these obtained service with the King of Beejapoor. Among them was the writer of this history, who subsequently obtained rank at that court. The Mehdvies are a schismatic sect of Mahomedans. They assert that in the year 960 (A. D. 1550) a person of the Hunefy sect, styling himself Syud Mahomed, was in reality the promised Imam Mehdvy; and as there were some circumstances which the impostor turned to his advantage, representing them to be the signs of the coming of the Imam Mehdvy, many people of India believed him to be the real Imam. - [Previous: 101.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.9) - [Next: 101.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.11) - [Up: 101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.10) · Pramāṇa