[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) › 30.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 30.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 30.1 - **Language:** English ### [30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.30.1) Ascends the throne. — Yekhtyar-ood-Deen Aluptugeen and Khwaja Mehdy assume great power. — The King endeavours to procure their assassination in open court. — Aluptugeen is killed. — Khwaja Mehdy escapes with several wounds. — A conspiracy against the King's life, discovered by himself. — The persons concerned gradually removed from court, and assassinated on their own estates, according to secret orders from the King. — Invasion of Punjab by the Moguls of Chungiz Khan. — Lahore besieged. — The minister sent with an army to oppose the invaders — measures adopted by him to seduce the army from their allegiance. — The army, under the minister, marches to Dehly to dethrone the King. — The citizens deliver the King over to his enemies — suffers death. - [Previous: 29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.29.7) - [Next: 30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.30.2) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.30.1) · Pramāṇa