Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 289.1

289.1

Some account of the first conquest of Mooltan — reverts to the Hindoos — is again subjected to Mahomedan rule by Mahomed Ghoory. — In the fallen condition of the Dehly empire, the Mooltanies elect Sheikh Yoosoof to be their governor — he is treacherously seized by Ray Sehra, an Afghan chief, who usurps the throne. The introduction of the Mahomedan faith into Mooltan first took place in the latter end of the first century of the Hijra, by the conquest of that country by Mahomed Kasim; after whom, until the reign of Mahmood of Ghizny, no account is to be traced of its history. It is mentioned in the Ghizny annals that Mahmood conquered Mooltan from the infidels; but that on the decline of the Ghizny power, the inhabitants, taking to arms, succeeded in expelling the Mahomedans, and in establishing a separate government. From the period of its subjugation by Moyiz-ood-Deen Mahomed Ghoory, it remained tributary to Dehly until the year 847, when the governor of that province, like most others of the kingdom at the same period, declared his independence; after which time several princes reigned in succession. When the sceptre was transferred from the hands of Alla-ood-Deen, the son of Mahomed, the son of Feroze Toghluk, into those of Syud Khizr Khan, the Dehly empire fell into anarchy and disorder, and the province of Mooltan, wholly unprotected, became open to invasion from the contiguous kingdoms of Ghoor, Ghizny, and Kabul.