[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) › 240.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 240.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 240.5 - **Language:** English ### [240.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.240.5) and in concert with Mulloo Khan, the late Guzerat governor of Malwa, took possession of Mando. While Meeran Mahomed Khan was there, information reached him that Bahadur Shah had sipped of the cup of martyrdom from the hands of the infidel Portuguese at Diu, and that his mother, in concert with the nobles of Guzerat, had proclaimed Meeran Mahomed Khan of Kandeish king. A deputation shortly after arrived at Mando for the purpose of escorting him to Guzerat. Meanwhile he was formally crowned at Mando, and assumed the title of Meeran Mahomed Shah; but his reign was of short duration; for on the journey to Ahmudabad he was taken dangerously ill, and died suddenly on the 18th of Zeekad, A. H. 942. His body was conveyed to Boorhanpoor, and interred in the vault of his father, Adil Khan II. - [Previous: 240.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.240.4) - [Next: 241.943](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.241.943) - [Up: 240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.240) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.240.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.240.5) · Pramāṇa