[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) › 283.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 283.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 283.2 - **Language:** English ### [283.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283.2) but that his armies being at present employed against the infidels of Mewar and Kota, he was unable to spare them to operate against Nuseer Khan, and sanctioned the advance of Mahmood Shah Shurky to bring Nuseer to a due sense of his obligations as a true believer: Mahmood Shah, pleased with the reception of his envoy, immediately put his army in motion, having, in the mean time, sent twenty-nine elephants as a present to the King of Malwa. On his approach towards Kalpy, Nuseer Khan wrote petitions to Sooltan Mahmood Khiljy, soliciting his protection; and on ascertaining the plea for the attack of the Shurky troops, he promised to cause a reform in his administration, and to afford no reason for further complaint; reminding Sooltan Mahmood that his predecessor, Sooltan Hooshung, had made over the estate of Kalpy in perpetuity to his father, Kadur Khan, from whom it had descended to him. Sooltan Mahmood, moved by the penitence evinced by Nuseer Khan, wrote to Mahmood Shah Shurky, saying, that as Nuseer Khan had promised in future to conduct himself in a more cautious manner, he trusted that the King of Joonpoor would abstain from adopting any measures against him. Which communication was sent by an express courier. In the mean time, Mahmood Shah Shurky having reached Kalpy, sacked the town, and obliged Nuseer Khan to fly to Chundery, to which place Sooltan Mahmood of Malwa proceeded, in the year 848, with his army. - [Previous: 283.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283.1) - [Next: 283.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283.3) - [Up: 283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.283.2) · Pramāṇa