[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) › 284.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 284.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 284.2 - **Language:** English ### [284.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284.2) Mahomed Shah now proceeded towards Soorsutty, and was opposed at Rabery by the light troops of Bheilole Lody. During this campaign, Mahomed Shah Shurky wrote to the kotwal of Joonpoor to put to death his brothers, Hussun Khan and Kootb Khan. That officer replied, that the Dowager-queen, Beeby Rajy, was so careful lest any one should approach the princes, that he found it quite impossible to carry the project into effect. Mahomed Shah, therefore, requested that his mother might join him in camp, on the plea of consulting her as to the expediency of settling an estate for life on Hussun Khan, his younger brother. The Dowager no sooner left Joonpoor than the kotwal carried his instructions into effect, by murdering the Prince; and the Queen, Beeby Rajy, halted at Kunowj to perform the matum, or mourning ceremony, for her son, where she remained in spite of Mahomed Shah Shurky's solicitations for her to proceed to camp. During this time, the princes Hoossein Khan and Julal Khan resolved to become independent of their brother the King; and they spread a report in the camp, that the Dehly army, then in their vicinity, proposed to make a night-attack on the Shurky lines. Mahomed Shah directed the Prince Hoossein Khan, accompanied by Sooltan Shah and Julal Khan Ajoodhuny, two of the Shurky generals, to proceed with a force composed of thirty thousand cavalry and one thousand elephants, to intercept the enemy. Hoossein Khan marched only to a short distance, and encamped; - [Previous: 284.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284.1) - [Next: 284.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284.3) - [Up: 284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.284.2) · Pramāṇa