[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) › 208.1.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.1.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [208.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.4) Hajy Mahomed Kandahary relates, that when the four conspirators heard of the enlargement of Imad-ool-Moolk they proceeded with a body of thirty thousand men towards the palace, where the King remained with three hundred attendants only. On this occasion, some resolved to shut the palace-gates, and defend themselves behind the walls; while others proposed to collect the crown jewels, and make their escape. Mahmood Shah, however, in spite of the inequality of numbers, and though merely a boy, slung his quiver at his back, and with a bow in his hand sallied forth, attended only by three hundred horsemen, and accompanied by all the royal elephants, which did not amount to two hundred. On quitting the palace, he caused the approaches leading to it to be occupied by elephants, proceeding himself through the main street in slow procession, with the royal music playing before him. By this coolness and intrepidity, several of his nobles were enabled to join him; and in a short time they formed a very considerable force, though infinitely inferior to that of the insurgents. - [Previous: 208.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.3) - [Next: 208.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.5) - [Up: 208.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.4) · Pramāṇa