[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) › 105.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 105.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 105.5 - **Language:** English ### [105.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.5) At this period a large body of Deccanies deserted him, and joined Meean Munjoo in the fort, who now acquired such confidence from their description of Yekhlas Khan's affairs, that he marched out on the following day, being Saturday, the 25th of Mohurrum, A. H. 1004, to the neighbourhood of the Eedgah, where he attacked and completely routed the Abyssinians. Among the prisoners was the bazar boy, who had been created king. Some time after this affair, the Prince Moorad Mirza, at the head of thirty thousand Mogul and Rajpoot horse, accompanied by Raja Ally Khan, ruler of Kandeish, and Khan Khanan, one of Akbur's generals, arrived at the fort of Ahmudnuggur. Meean Munjoo, who during the interval had gained an advantage over the Abyssinians, and was in a fair way of settling matters according to his own wishes, repented of having made overtures to the Prince Moorad. He accordingly prepared to resist any attempt on the capital, and having supplied it with provisions for a long siege, and leaving Ansar Khan, one of his adherents, to defend the place, and Chand Beeby as regent of the kingdom, he took the route of Owsa, to implore the assistance of the Adil Shahy and Kootb Shahy sovereigns, and conveyed along with him the young king, Ahmud Shah. From the moment that Meean Munjoo and Ahmud Shah left the fort, Chand Beeby directed all the operations of the siege; - [Previous: 105.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.4) - [Next: 105.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.6) - [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.105.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.105.5) · Pramāṇa