[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) › 208.5.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 208.5.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 208.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [208.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.5.6) He was surnamed Bégra, or Bé Gurra. Historians differ with regard to the origin of this appellation: some assert it was given to him because bégra signifies curled, as the horns of a cow, alluding to the shape which his mustachios assumed. Shah Judeecowa Deen Hoosein, however, in his history, gives his opinion in these words:— “The word bé, in the Guzeratty language, signifies two, and gurra a hill-fort, from whence the name Bé Gurra, derived from Mahmood Shah, having reduced two hill-forts on the opposite sides of his dominions, before deemed impregnable; viz. Girnal on the west, and Champaneere on the east.” This derivation appears to me sufficiently rational and probable. - [Previous: 208.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.5.5) - [Next: 209.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.209.1.1) - [Up: 208.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.208.5.6) · Pramāṇa