[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) › 225.4.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 225.4.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 225.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [225.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4.3) In the year 854, the Raja Gungadas of Champanere, in hopes of receiving aid from Sooltan Mahmood, sent him an offering, and begged his assistance in repelling the attack of Mahomed Shah, the son of Ahmud Shah of Guzerat, who had surrounded and invested his capital. Sooltan Mahmood in consequence marched to his relief; and the King of Guzerat having lost a great number of cattle in the campaign, and being unable to move for want of them, set fire to his camp-equipage, and destroying his military stores, retired to Ahmudabad. Sooltan Mahmood, halting on the banks of the Mehindry, received sixteen lacks of tunkas and a number of horses from Raja Gungadas of Champanere, who came in person to pay his respects; after which the army of Malwa returned to Mando. On the following year, 855, Sooltan Mahmood, with an army consisting of upwards of one hundred thousand men, marched with the determination of conquering Guzerat; and had Mahomed Shah lived, there is reason to suppose he would have succeeded. The Malwa army, on entering Kandeish, laid siege to Sooltanpoor; on which occasion the King was frequently attacked by sallies made from the fort by Mullik Alla-ood-Deen Sohrab Toork the governor; who finding that no reinforcements arrived to his support, not only surrendered the place but joined the army of Sooltan Mahmood, into whose service he entered. He also sent his family as hostages to the fort of Mando, after taking the most solemn oaths of allegiance. - [Previous: 225.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4.2) - [Next: 225.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4.4) - [Up: 225.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.4.3) · Pramāṇa