[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) › 102.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 102.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 102.1 - **Language:** English ### [102.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.102.1) His early life — his former attempts on the throne recapitulated. — The Mehdvies are expelled the kingdom. — The Sheea persuasion is re-established. — Dilawur Khan, the late regent of Beejapoor, arrives at Ahmudnuggur, and is courteously received. — His delivery into the hands of Ibrahim Adil Shah is required. — The demand is rejected. — War ensues. — Boorhan Nizam Shah attempts to recover Reevadunda from the Portuguese. — Constructs the fort of Korla. — Siege of Reevadunda continued. — The Portuguese attack the besieging army, which retreats into Korla. — The fugitives are followed by the Portuguese, and twelve thousand Deccanies are killed. — The King elevates foreigners to high offices in the state — he affords his aid to the brother of the King of Beejapoor, in order to depose Ibrahim Adil Shah, but the intended revolution is crushed, and the pretender suffers death. — Boorhan Nizam Shah forms a league with Venkatadry, the brother of Ramraj, against the King of Beejapoor, and himself attacks Sholapoor — his troops defeated, and his general slain. — The King falls sick — proclaims his son Ibrahim his heir. — A faction, headed by Yekhlas Khan, is raised in favour of the Prince Ismael Nizam Shah, who had been dethroned. — Ismael takes the field, but is defeated, and flies to Purenda. — Death of Boorhan Nizam Shah. - [Previous: 101.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.101.14) - [Next: 102.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.102.2) - [Up: 102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.102) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.102.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.102.1) · Pramāṇa