[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) › 203.2.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 203.2.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 203.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [203.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2.7) “In the year 825,” says Moolla Ahmud, “Sooltan Hooshung having assumed the dress of a horse-merchant, went to Jajnuggur in order to procure elephants. Ahmud Shah of Guzerat having heard that he had left his kingdom, and that his officers had divided it among themselves, took advantage of this state of affairs to invade Malwa. In the first place, he reduced the fort of Meheswur, and thence marched to Mando, detaching, at the same time, small bodies of cavalry to plunder the country. He continued the siege of Mando but a short period, when the rains setting in, he proceeded to Oojein, leaving detachments in the several districts of Malwa, to assist in collecting the revenues of the khurreef or autumnal crop. Meanwhile, he ordered bat- “tering rams and engines to be brought from Guzerat, for the purpose of besieging Mando; which having arrived under Mullik Mokurrib from Ahmudabad, he renewed the siege, detaching Mullik Mokurrib to secure the approach by the Tarapoor gate. - [Previous: 203.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2.6) - [Next: 203.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2.8) - [Up: 203.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.203.2.7) · Pramāṇa