[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) › 292.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 292.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 292.1 - **Language:** English ### [292.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.292.1) Is elevated to the throne by the minister Jam Bayezeed. — The King abandons himself to low company. — The minister quits the town, and employs his son to receive the King’s orders. — The young king attempts to murder the minister's son in court, but himself receives a wound. — The minister and his son fly from the capital — they occupy Sheevur, and claim the protection of the King of Dehly. — Civil war between the King and his minister — they agree to divide the empire. — The King is attacked by Shah Hoossein Arghoon, who marches to Mooltan. — Death of Mahmood Lunga. On the day after the death of Hoossein Lunga, Jam Bayezeed, the prime minister, in concert with the other nobles, placed Mahmood Khan, the heir-apparent, on the throne; but this youth being very young, and silly withal, chose the society of low fellows, who administered to his foibles and vicious propensities, and prevented the approach of respectable people to his person, so that they withdrew from court, leaving him to his own favourites. These profligates resolved to displace Jam Bayezeed, the minister, from office; and he, having obtained intimation of their plan, feigning indisposition, confined himself to his house, built on the banks of the Chunab, where he transacted the public business. - [Previous: 291.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.291.9) - [Next: 292.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.292.2) - [Up: 292](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.292) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.292.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.292.1) · Pramāṇa