[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) › 24.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 24.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 24.3 - **Language:** English ### [24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24.3) and Eibuk kissing the earth, replied, that all his wants were so amply supplied by his Majesty's bounty, that he had no desire of burdening himself with superfluities provided he retained his sovereign's favour. His answer so pleased the King, that he immediately gave him an office near his person, and shortly after appointed him master of the horse. In one of the expeditions against the King of Khwaruzm, to expel that prince from Khorassan, Eibuk commanded a foraging party on the banks of the Moorghab. Here he was surrounded by a body of the enemy, and though he did the utmost to save his detachment, he was, after the loss of most of his men, taken prisoner, and carried to the King of Khwaruzm, who put him in irons. That monarch being defeated a few days after, Eibuk was discovered sitting on a camel on the field, and being carried to his old master, he was received with great kindness. - [Previous: 24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24.2) - [Next: 24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24.4) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.24.3) · Pramāṇa