[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) › 293.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 293.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 293.2 - **Language:** English ### [293.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293.2) that the army had no personal attachment to him, and that it was probable many of the soldiers would go over to the enemy, while the few who did fight would fall victims, without conferring any good on their country. From a document in my possession in the hand-writing of Mowlana Sad-oolla of Lahore, who was himself in the city during the siege of Mooltan, I have made the following extract: — "After the garrison had been besieged for some months, and the place so closely invested that it was impossible for any one either to enter or quit it, the distress for provisions was so great, that if one of the garrison could catch a dog or cat he killed it, and hoarded up the flesh as a treasure. Besides this, Shooja-ool-Moolk promoted a vagabond by the name of Jooma to the command of the fort, and placed him at the head of three thousand militia infantry. Wherever this monster heard of any grain, he used to march down with a party and seize it; so that the inhabitants were driven to the alternative either of submitting to die by famine, by the sword of the enemy, or, by throwing themselves over the walls, attempt, if possible, to escape. At length, at midnight, in the year 932, Mooltan was carried by escalade, and many poor creatures were killed. On the following morning all the inhabitants between the ages of seven and seventy ‘‘years were imprisoned, among whom were my father and myself. - [Previous: 293.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293.1) - [Next: 293.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293.3) - [Up: 293](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.293.2) · Pramāṇa