[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) › 297.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 297.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 297.6 - **Language:** English ### [297.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.6) Mahomed Kasim marched thence into Seevustan, to a place called Sehwan, the inhabitants of which country, being bramins, represented to their chief, Kucha Ray, the cousin of Dahir, governor of Sind, that as the spilling of blood was contrary to the tenets of their religion, it appeared to him advisable to submit quietly to the payment of the tribute required by Kasim. Kucha Ray, despising the idea of this compromise, refused compliance, and the Mahomedans proceeded to invest Sehwan. After a week’s siege, a party from the garrison, making their escape by night, fled to the Ray of Sulim, in order to gain reinforcements; but the bramins gave up the place on the following morning, and Mahomed Kasim distributed the property among the troops, reserving one fifth for Hijaj. From hence he marched to the fortress of Sulim, which he also reduced, and divided the spoils according to the practice of those times. At this period, Hully Sa, the eldest son of Raja Dahir, having collected a large force, marched to oppose Mahomed Kasim; and the latter took up a strong position, and entrenched himself. In this situation his resources being contracted, and many of his carriage-cattle dying, the soldiers became discontented, and at length broke into open mutiny; - [Previous: 297.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.5) - [Next: 297.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.7) - [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.297.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.297.6) · Pramāṇa