[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) › 17 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 17: MUSAOOD III. BIN IBRAHEEM GHIZNEVY. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 17 - **Language:** English ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.17) After Musaood had reigned 16 years without domestic troubles or foreign wars, he \[died\]. In the Towareekh Goozeeda it is stated that his son, Kumal-ood-Dowla Sheerzad ascended the throne. He only reigned, however, one year, when he was assassinated by his brother Arslan, who succeeded him, while other historians make no mention of Kumal-ood-Dowla at all. - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.17) · Pramāṇa