[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) › 105.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 105.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 105.2 - **Language:** English ### [105.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.2) When Boorhan Nizam Shah the First, son of Ahmud Nizam Shah, died, and was succeeded by his son (Hoossein Nizam Shah), his five brothers, 1. Mahomed Khoodabunda, 2. Shah Ally, 3. Mahomed Bakur, 4. Abdool Kadur, 5. Shah Heidur, concluding that they should fall victims to the jealousy of their brother on the throne, fled the kingdom. In the latter end of the reign of Moortuza Nizam Shah, a person calling himself Shah Tahir, arrived at Dowlutabad, giving out that Mahomed Khoodabunda died on a certain day in Bengal, and that he (Shah Tahir) was his own begotten son, and that being reduced to distress, he had come into the Deccan. The nobles of Moortuza Nizam Shah, desirous of ascertaining the fact, represented the circumstance to the King, and particularly to the famous Sulabut Khan. The facts were not then satisfactorily cleared up, owing to the distance of Bengal, and with reference to the period which had elapsed; but as Shah Tahir claimed royal descent, and might one day set up pretensions to the throne, he was confined in a fortress. Some time afterwards persons of respectability, acquainted with the late Prince Khoodabunda, were sent to Agra to Boorhan Nizam Shah, afterwards King of Ahmudnuggur, but then at Akbur Padshah's court, in order to ascertain the fact. That prince refuted Shah Tahir's story, by stating that his uncle, the Prince Khoodabunda, died in his (Boorhan Nizam's) house; that his family, male and female, who were still alive, were at present with him at Agra; - [Previous: 105.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.1) - [Next: 105.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.3) - [Up: 105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.2) · Pramāṇa