[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) › 207 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 207: He succeeds to the throne of his nephew — ennobles persons of low birth — is deposed by his courtiers. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 207 - **Language:** English ### [207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.207) After the death of Kootb Shah, his uncle Dawood, at the instance of Imad-ool-Moolk and the rest of the nobility, was elevated to the throne; but shortly after his accession, he ennobled one of the common sweepers of the household, and conferred on him the title of Imad-ool-Moolk. This and other acts of imbecility induced the same nobles who raised him to power to depose him on the seventh day, and to place his nephew Mahmood, a youth of only fourteen years of age, on the throne of his elder brother. - [Previous: 206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.206) - [Next: 208.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.207) · Pramāṇa