[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) › 16 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 16: SOOLTAN MUSAOOD III. BIN IBRAHEEM GHIZNEVY History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 16 - **Language:** English ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.16) Succeeds his father — marries the daughter of Sooltan Sunjur Suljooky — deputes his general, Hajib Toghantugeen, to make conquests in India. — Death of Sooltan Musaood the Third. MUSAOOD, the son of Ibraheem, ascended the throne on the demise of his father. He was endowed with a benevolent and generous disposition, nor was he less celebrated for his justice than for his policy. He revised the ancient laws and regulations of the state, he abrogated such as he thought objectionable, and substituted others founded on better principles. He espoused the Princess Mehd-Irak, sister of Sooltan Sunjur Suljooky. In his reign Hajib Toghantugeen, an officer of his government, proceeded in command of an army towards Hindoostan, and being appointed governor of Lahore, crossed the Ganges, and carried his conquests farther than any Mussulman had hitherto done, except the Emperor Mahmood. Like him he plundered many rich cities and temples of their wealth, and returned in triumph to Lahore, which now became in some measure the capital of the empire, for the Suljooks having deprived the house of Ghizny of most of its territory both in Eeran and Tooran, the royal family went to reside in India. - [Previous: 15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.15.7) - [Next: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.16) · Pramāṇa