[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) › 225.6.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 225.6.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 225.6.1 - **Language:** English ### [225.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.6.1) In this year Sooltan Mahmood caused the public accounts to be kept according to the lunar year, abolishing the system of the solar year. In the same year, also, the famous Sheikh Alla-ood-Deen, one of the most holy men of his age, arrived near Mando; on which occasion, Sooltan Mahmood paid him the compliment to go out and meet him. at the Howz-i-Rany; and in order to preserve the dignity of each, the parties embraced on horseback. Shortly after, Mowlana Imad having been deputed by the reverend Syud Noor Bukhsh (the founder of a sect of Mahomedans in Kashmeer denominated Noorbukhshies), delivered to the King of Malwa the garment worn by that holy personage. Sooltan Mahmood, considering it a valuable gift, put it on, and in honour of the event distributed alms to all the holy men and the poor of the city. In the month of Mohurrum, information was brought that Mukbool Khan, the governor of Kehrla, having plundered the town, and secured a large booty, had retired to the south, and put himself under the protection of the King of the Deccan. It was, moreover, stated, that he had delivered over all the public elephants and the fort to the young raja of Kehrla, in consequence of which a general massacre of the Mahomedans ensued; and the Raja was joined by the inhabitants of Gondwara, many of whom had entered his service. With these bands he waylaid travellers, and acted the part of a common robber. - [Previous: 225.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.5.9) - [Next: 225.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.6.2) - [Up: 225.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.225.6.1) · Pramāṇa