[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) › 229.11 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 229.11 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 229.11 - **Language:** English ### [229.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.229.11) but what he gained by force of arms he very soon lost again, owing to the indolent habits in which he indulged: at length he thought it best to deliver himself up to Akbur Padshah. In consequence he left his retreat in the year 978, after a reign of seventeen years. He sometimes lived in the luxuries of a court, and at others submitted to the privations of a camp; and frequently wandered and begged assistance from one state to another, abiding in the woods and hills for whole months together, from an apprehension of being seized. In this year, having joined Akbur Padshah at Dehly, Baz Bahadur received a commission as an officer of two thousand cavalry. From that period till the present year, being 1018, the kingdom of Malwa has been included among the provinces of the empire of Dehly. - [Previous: 229.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.229.10) - [Next: 230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.230) - [Up: 229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.229) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.229.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.229.11) · Pramāṇa