[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) › 297.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 297.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 297.3 - **Language:** English ### [297.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.3) On the receipt of this letter Hijaj obtained the consent of Wuleed, the son of Abdool Mullik, to invade India, for the purpose of propagating the faith; and at the same time deputed a chief of the name of Budmeen, with three hundred cavalry, to join Haroon in Mikran, who was directed to reinforce the party with one thousand good soldiers more to attack Deebul. Budmeen failed in his expedition, and lost his life in the first action. Hijaj, not deterred by this defeat, resolved to follow up the enterprise by another. In consequence, in the year 93, he deputed his cousin and son-in-law, Imad-ood-Deen Mahomed Kasim, the son of Akil Shukhfy, then only seventeen years of age, with six thousand soldiers, chiefly Assyrians, with the necessary implements for taking forts, to attack Deebul. This army proceeded by the route of Shiraz and Mikran. On reaching the towns of Deboon and Dursila, on the confines of the Sind territory, Mahomed Kasim halted; and having taken the necessary steps for advancing he marched on to Deebul, situated on the banks of the Indus, which town is now called Tutta. - [Previous: 297.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.2) - [Next: 297.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.4) - [Up: 297](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.3) · Pramāṇa