[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) › 243.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 243.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 243.2 - **Language:** English ### [243.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243.2) Raja Ally Khan was a person of superior talents: just as a governor, wise and prudent as a statesman, brave and intrepid as a warrior, and possessing a high spirit and a laudable ambition. He was the idol of his people, and neither engaged in wars of conquest nor patiently permitted his country to be invaded. He employed his time in reading with doctors of the Hunefy sect, and in the cultivation of the arts, until the year 1002, when (during the secession of Moortuza Nizam Shah of Ahmudnuggur from public affairs) a dispute arising between Sulabut Khan, the Ahmudnuggur regent, and Syud Moortuza, the governor of Berar, a battle took place at the distance of twelve miles from Ahmudnuggur; wherein Syud Moortuza was defeated, and retreated with twelve thousand men, accompanied by some of his officers, to Elichpoor. On being closely pursued, these chiefs directed their march towards Boorhanpoor, and requested the assistance of Raja Ally Khan, who neither gave them encouragement nor a direct refusal. Meanwhile, impatient of delay, Syud Moortuza’s soldiers sacked the city, and directed their march towards Agra. Raja Ally Khan pursued and defeated this mutinous body on the banks of the Nurbudda, taking all its baggage and carriage-cattle; among the latter of which were one hundred elephants. - [Previous: 243.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243.1) - [Next: 243.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243.3) - [Up: 243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.243.2) · Pramāṇa