[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) › 117.10 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 117.10 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 117.10 - **Language:** English ### [117.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117.10) Boorhan Nizam Shah, accordingly, wrote to Ibrahim Adil Shah, who entered heartily into the scheme, when it was agreed that the former should attack the country of Bereed Shah, leaving the latter unmolested in any attack he might choose to make on the Raja of Beejanuggur. Accordingly Boorhan Nizam Shah, proceeding eastward, attacked and carried by storm the fort of Kand'har. Kasim Bereed Shah, alarmed at this proceeding, and unaware of the secret treaty which had been formed, left a strong garrison to defend Bidur, and fled to his old ally Ibrahim Adil Shah, by whom he was seized and confined. Ibrahim Adil Shah then marched to the southward, where he succeeded in adding greatly to his territories by conquests from the Hindoo state of Beejanuggur. Boorhan Nizam Shah, hearing of the vast acquisition of territory gained by Ibrahim Adil Shah, was afraid that his strength would completely overthrow that balance of power which it had always been his policy to preserve in the Deccan; and, therefore, without farther warning, he took advantage of the unprotected state of the northern part of the Beejapoor territory, and attacked the fort of Sholapoor, which had so frequently been a point of contention between those two monarchies. This step induced Ibrahim Adil Shah to countermarch, and direct his arms towards his new enemy on the north. Both kings sent ambassadors to Golconda, courting the alliance of Jumsheed Kootb Shah; - [Previous: 117.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117.9) - [Next: 117.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117.11) - [Up: 117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.117.10) · Pramāṇa