[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) › 208.3.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.3.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.3.7 - **Language:** English ### [208.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.7) but about that period, hearing that the Bulsar pirates had gained such an ascendency at sea as to threaten the invasion of his dominions, and had already intercepted the trade, he collected a fleet, on board of which he embarked a force consisting of gunners, musketeers, and archers, with which he sailed from Cambay. After some days the fleet fell in with the enemy and gave chase: a running fight was sustained for some hours, during which several of the piratical vessels were captured. The fleet returned to Cambay, and the King repaired to Ahmudabad. - [Previous: 208.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.6) - [Next: 208.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.4.1) - [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.208.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.3.7) · Pramāṇa