[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) › 225.2.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 225.2.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 225.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [225.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2.6) In the year 844, Sooltan Mahmood received petitions from the chiefs of Mewat and Dehly, stating, that Syud Mahomed, King of Dehly, the nephew and successor of Syud Moobarik, was totally incapable of supporting the weighty affairs of the government of his vast empire; that the oppressed were calling out on all sides for redress, and that the nation was anxious for Sooltan Mahmood to march to Dehly, and ascend the throne. In consequence of these overtures, in the latter end of the same year, Sooltan Mahmood put his army in motion for that purpose. On his arrival in the neighbourhood of the town of Hindown he was joined by Yoosoof Khan Hindowny, whence he proceeded towards the capital. Syud Mahomed, although he had a large force at his disposal, became alarmed, and proposed to quit Dehly, and fly to the Punjab. He was dissuaded, however, by his officers, and directed, that as there was no occasion for his own presence in camp, the army should march against the enemy under his son. The advance guard, consisting of a select body of archers, was commanded by Mullik Bheilole Lody. Sooltan Mahmood, hearing that the King was not with the Dehly forces, and conceiving it derogatory to proceed in person, retained with him a few thousand of his cavalry, and ordered the rest of his army under his two sons, Gheias-ood-Deen and Fidwy Khan, to oppose the enemy. An engagement took place, in which both armies fought desperately from mid-day till sunset, when the retreat was mutually sounded. - [Previous: 225.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2.5) - [Next: 225.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2.7) - [Up: 225.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.2.6) · Pramāṇa