[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) › 103.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 103.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 103.3 - **Language:** English ### [103.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103.3) When the Nizam Shahy troops reached the frontier they found that Ibrahim Adil Shah had yet made no attack on the Nizam Shahy territory, and Meean Munjoo again ventured to recommend that overtures for peace should first be made; but Ibrahim Nizam Shah, having engaged in a fit of debauchery, thought of nothing less than retreating; and accordingly, having passed the frontier, he levied contributions on the Beejapoor villages. Humeed Khan, the Adil Shahy general in advance, marched to oppose him; and Meean Munjoo, who saw matters approaching to a crisis, sent some confidential persons to Humeed Khan, apologising for the King's conduct; saying, that he was but a boy; that he had given himself up to drinking, and was in the hands of designing and wicked people; that the present also was the month of Zeehuj; that it was unlawful to fight in these days; and he therefore requested that he would defer attacking Ibrahim Nizam Shah for a short time, before the expiration of which, he hoped to bring the King's mind to consent to peace. Meean Munjoo having pledged himself to refrain from attack, Humeed Khan avoided the Nizam Shahies, and encamped at the distance of two miles from them; but Ibrahim Nizam Shah concluding that this manoeuvre proceeded from the weakness of Humeed Khan's force, resolved to attack him on the following day; - [Previous: 103.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103.2) - [Next: 103.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103.4) - [Up: 103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.103.3) · Pramāṇa