[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) › 210.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 210.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 210.3 - **Language:** English ### [210.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.210.3) Imad-ool-Moolk therefore prepared a party to attack and put to death the King, in one of his usual rides; but the opportunity passed without the plan succeeding. The King, although warned of the danger, treated it lightly in public; but the circumstance dwelt on his mind so much, that on that very night he dreamed that he was visited by the holy Syud Julal Bokhary, Shah Alum, and Shah Sheikhjee, and also by his father, Moozuffur Shah, who addressed him, saying, “Sikundur, Sikundur, descend from the throne, for it is the lot of another.” This dream weighed heavily on his spirits. He arose early next morning, rode out, and played chowgan; after which he returned, breakfasted, and endeavoured to forget his cares, and drown his thoughts in sleep. Although the plot for the King’s death had failed on the preceding day, Imad-ool-Moolk had by no means relinquished it; so that, after the King had lain down, that officer, together with Baha-ool-Moolk, Dar-ool-Moolk Seif Khan, two Turkish slaves, and one Abyssinian, entered the palace with arms. Sikundur Shah, awakened by the noise made by the opposition of his guards, rushed out to ascertain the cause, when the assassins meeting him put him to death. Thus ended the life of Sikundur Shah, on the 19th of Shaban, in the year 932, after a short reign of three months and seventeen days. - [Previous: 210.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.210.2) - [Next: 211.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.211.1) - [Up: 210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.210) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.210.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.210.3) · Pramāṇa