[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) › 208.1.8 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.1.8 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [208.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.8) Two years afterwards (869), Mahmood Shah marched with a large army towards Bavur, an extraordinary hill-fort, considered impregnable by the inhabitants. From thence he proceeded to Doora and Purnalla, places situated between Concan and Guzerat, and defeated the infidels in several actions; and the Raja was obliged to give up his forts, and to throw himself on the mercy of the Mahomedan conqueror, who, after having obtained from him a large sum of money, restored his country into his hands. - [Previous: 208.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.7) - [Next: 208.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.9) - [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.208.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.8) · Pramāṇa