[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) › 223.1.8 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 223.1.8 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 223.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [223.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1.8) Without a moment’s delay, Ahmud Shah commenced his return to Guzerat, in spite of the heavy rain which fell at that time; and by rapid marches arrived in the vicinity of his capital, before information of his approach was brought to Sooltan Hooshung by the rajas. He accordingly sent for those chiefs at whose invitation he had entered into the confederacy, and accused them of treachery in concealing from him the fact of Ahmud Shah’s near approach, and made their silence an excuse to retreat by the same route he had advanced, abandoning the rajas, and leaving them to make their way to their different districts, overwhelmed with chagrin and disappointment. - [Previous: 223.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1.7) - [Next: 223.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1.9) - [Up: 223.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.223.1.8) · Pramāṇa