[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) › 119.3.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 119.3.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 119.3.7 - **Language:** English ### [119.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3.7) To this end Ibrahim Kootb Shah deputed his prime minister, Moostufa Khan, to the court of Hoossein Nizam Shah, and from thence directed him to proceed to the court of Ally Adil Shah, at Beejapoor. The avowed object of the mission was, in the first instance, to effect a reconciliation between those princes, and, if possible, to form some family connection between them: at the same time the ambassador was directed to ascertain how a confederacy against Ramraj would be viewed by these kings. Moostufa Khan succeeded so well, that he not only brought about the reconciliation, but it was agreed, that Hoossein Nizam Shah should give his daughter, Chand Beeby, in marriage to Ally Adil Shah, with the fort of Sholapoor as her dowry; and the latter consented to give his sister, Hudeea Sooltana to the Prince Moortuza, the eldest son of Hoossein Nizam Shah; after which it was resolved that the three kings should meet at the fort of Sholapoor, and from thence proceed with their united forces against Ramraj. Accordingly, on the 20th of Jumad-ool-Awul, A. H. 972, the combined armies moved to the south, and arrived without opposition at the town of Talikote, near the river Krishna; while Ramraj, summoning all his dependents and rajas from the banks of the Krishna, as far as the island of Ceylon, brought together a force consisting of one hundred thousand horse, and three hundred thousand infantry, and marched to oppose the confederates. - [Previous: 119.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3.6) - [Next: 119.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3.8) - [Up: 119.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.119.3.7) · Pramāṇa