[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) › 101.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 101.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 101.4 - **Language:** English ### [101.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.4) These circumstances being reported to Mirza Khan, he resolved to ensure his own safety by deposing the King, who, in his turn, tried every means to get the minister into his power. On the 10th of Jumad-ool-Awul, 997, the King repaired to the house of his favourite Bungush Khan, and sent for Mirza Khan to partake of a banquet, intending to have him assassinated; but the milatter, being on his guard, excused himself under pretence of sudden illness, sending his friend Agha Meer to make his excuse. Agha Meer reached the house of Bungush Khan just as the King had dined, but the master of the house had waited, out of complaisance, to dine with Mirza Khan. When Agha Meer had eaten some dinner, he pretended to be seized with violent pains, declaring that he was poisoned, and left the house. Mirza Khan, soon after, sent a message to the King, that the Agha was dying, and entreated to see him. The King unsuspiciously repaired with a few attendants to the fort, where he was seized by the minister and confined. Mirza Khan then sent off Meer Tahir Nyshapoory to bring the two sons of the King's paternal uncle, Boorhan Nizam Shah, from the fort of Lohgur, that he might choose one of them to place on the throne, concealing the circumstance of the King's imprisonment till their arrival. On the third day, Meer Tahir returned with the Princes, the one named Ibrahim, and the other Ismael; - [Previous: 101.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.3) - [Next: 101.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.5) - [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.101.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.4) · Pramāṇa