[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) › 208.3.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.3.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [208.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.1) From them the King learned, that beyond the country of Sheevur, in the province called Sind, were four thousand inhabitants of the Jutt and Buloch tribes, who also excelled in the use of the bow to that degree, that it was said of them that they could split a hair with an arrow. These Bulochies, as well as their neighbours the Bulochies of Persia, are of the Sheea persuasion, and live by depredations, sometimes penetrating as far as the Guzerat provinces. In the end of the same year, Mahmood Shah marched towards Sind. On arriving at Sheevur, he selected a detachment of one thousand cavalry, each trooper leading a second horse with a week’s provender; and by making forced marches across the desert, he reached the frontier of that country. On the evening of his arrival he halted, in order that his men and horses might be effective on the following day, when he attacked the enemy’s camp. This delay, however, enabled some persons who were tending their camels to give intimation of this sudden inroad, so that many of the Bulochies made their escape in consequence, and the King found the tents deserted, except by a few persons who had concealed themselves. These were dragged out on being discovered by the soldiery, and put to death; and their camp was delivered up to plunder; after which the King retreated to Moostufabad, having penetrated on this occasion as far as the Indus. - [Previous: 208.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.2.8) - [Next: 208.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.2) - [Up: 208.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.1) · Pramāṇa