[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) › 349.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 349.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 349.1 - **Language:** English ### [349.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.349.1) All the materials of the history of the Mahomedans of the Malabar coast that I have been able to collect are derived from the Tohfut-ool-Mujahideen; from which we learn that the province of Malabar is situated on the southern part of the peninsula of India, and that the Hindoo princes of that country previously to the reign of Ramraj paid tribute, and acknowledged fealty, to the rays of Beejanuggur and the Carnatic. Anterior to the propagation of the Mahomedan faith, the Christians and Jews had established themselves as merchants in that country; till at length, during the reign of a prince called Samiry, some vessels from Arabia having Mahomedans on board, going on a pilgrimage to the footsteps of Adam, on the island of Selandeep (Ceylon), which is also called Lunka, were driven into the port of Cranganore, where the Samiry raja resided. This prince received the strangers with hospitality, and was so pleased with the society of some holy men who were among the pilgrims, that having enquired respecting the Mahomedan faith, he became a convert; and leaving his kingdom, went to Mecca, and died in one of the ports of the Red Sea. Before his death, he wrote to his representative in Malabar to receive the Mahomedans in future with hospitality, and permit them to settle and build musjids. This communication was written in the language of Malabar, whose ruler henceforward assumed the title of Samiry. - [Previous: 348](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.348) - [Next: 349.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.349.2) - [Up: 349](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.349) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.349.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.349.1) · Pramāṇa