[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) › 291.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 291.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 291.1 - **Language:** English ### [291.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291.1) Succeeds his father — gives encouragement to learned men, and establishes colleges in Mooltan under their superintendence — raises troops, and invades the Punjab — takes Kotgirvur and Dhunkote. — Mooltan besieged in his absence by the Prince Barbik and Tartar Khan. — The besieged are repulsed. — Enlists in his army a large body of Bulochies from Mikran — sends an envoy to Dehly, and makes peace — deputes an ambassador to Guzerat — abdicates his throne in favour of his son Feroze, who is assassinated. — Death of Hoossein Lunga. After the death of Kootb-ood-Deen Lunga, the principal nobles in Mooltan elected his son Hoossein to succeed him, and the public prayers were read in his name. This prince was not only a great promoter of literature, but himself a very learned man. He erected colleges, in which were some of the most eminent scholars of the time. In the beginning of his reign he marched to reduce the fort of Sheevur, at that time held by Ghazy Khan, who on hearing of the approach of the Mooltanies advanced to oppose them, to the distance of twenty miles from his capital; and although he behaved with great bravery in the war which ensued, he was compelled to fly, and before he could reach the fort of Sheevur was reduced to seek protection in Bheemra. The members of his family who were in the fort of Sheevur, however, made a gallant resistance, and held out under the expectation of receiving aid from the town of Khooshab, then under Ameer Syeed Khan. - [Previous: 290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.290) - [Next: 291.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291.2) - [Up: 291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291.1) · Pramāṇa