[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) › 208.1.9 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.1.9 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.1.9 - **Language:** English ### [208.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.9) As an instance of the impartial justice of Mahmood Shah it is related, that in the year 870, while on a hunting party near Ahmudnuggur, Baha-ool-Moolk, the son of Aluf Khan, one of his principal nobles, in a fit of passion put to death a trooper, and for fear of being taken fled to Idur. The King immediately sent Mullik Hajy and Imad-ool-Moolk, two of the secretaries of the government, to seize him; but they, in order to screen the real murderer, on account of his rank, gave a sum of money to two of Baha-ool-Moolk’s servants, to acknowledge that they perpetrated the deed; and the secretaries promised to save their lives, by using their influence with the King. These unfortunate men, allured by the largeness of the bribe, and relying on the fair promises of the two officers, avowed the commission of the crime, and being delivered over to the court of justice, were tried, condemned, and executed. Sometime after, when the King discovered the real state of the case, he caused the heads of the secretaries to be struck off, notwithstanding they were men of noble family, and in high favour at the time. After their execution their skins were stuffed with straw, and hung over the gates of the town, as public examples, to the rest of the nobles of the court. - [Previous: 208.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.8) - [Next: 208.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.2.1) - [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.208.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.1.9) · Pramāṇa