[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) › 298.9 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 298.9 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 298.9 - **Language:** English ### [298.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298.9) Julal-ood-Deen now occupied Tutta, destroyed all the temples, and built mosques in their stead; and on one occasion detached a force to Nehrwala (Puttun), on the border of Guzerat. In the year 620, having heard that his brother Gheias-ood-Deen had established himself as King of Irak, Julal-ood-Deen abandoned his views in India, and proceeded through Mikran to Persia; and as the acts of the subsequent part of his life are related in the Persian histories, I shall leave them to furnish the reader with any further account of this prince, and return to Nasir-ood-Deen Kubbacha. The Prince Choghtay Khan having reached Mooltan, laid siege to that place; but Nasir-ood-Deen conducted himself with such bravery, that he compelled the Tartars to withdraw. The Tartar prince marched to the south, and invading both Mikran and Kech laid waste those countries, and wintered at Kalinjur, a place situated on the borders of Sind; but finding provisions scarce in his camp, he put to death ten thousand Indians of all classes, whom he had taken prisoners, rather than liberate them. Notwithstanding this barbarous act, famine and plague both raged shortly afterwards, which compelled him to move; and having heard no more of Julal-ood-Deen, he returned to Tooran. In the year 622, Shums-ood-Deen Altmish, King of Dehly, made several attempts to remove Nasir-ood-Deen from his government, and even marched for that purpose as far as Oocha; - [Previous: 298.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298.8) - [Next: 298.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298.10) - [Up: 298](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.298.9) · Pramāṇa