[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) › 213.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 213.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 213.1 - **Language:** English ### [213.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.213.1) The death of Bahadur Shah, who was killed by the Portuguese, is an event at once so remarkable and important that I shall be excused from entering into some detail regarding it. Ferishta, either unwilling to exculpate the Portuguese, or to condemn Bahadur Shah, took little pains to enlighten his readers on a subject which he had the means of investigating, as the circumstance happened within half a century of his own time, and it is certain he had access to the Mirut-Iskundry, because he refers to it in one part of the Guzerat history; but he did not avail himself of it to clear up the very interesting question, as to how Bahadur Shah met with his death. - [Previous: 212.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.212.4.4) - [Next: 213.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.213.2) - [Up: 213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.213) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.213.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.213.1) · Pramāṇa