[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) › 37.1.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 37.1.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 37.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [37.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1.2) Alla-ood-Deen, having learned that affairs at the capital had fallen into the hands of his inveterate enemy the Queen, Mullika Jehan, and her infant son, no longer confined his views to an independent kingdom at Luknowty, but boldly aspired to the throne of Dehly, for which city he determined to march in spite of the rainy season. His first objects were to raise an army within his government, and to confer royal titles on his friends and followers. Almas Beg was honoured with the title of Aluf Khan; Mullik Noosrut Jalesury with that of Noosrut Khan; Mullik Hijubr-ood-Deen assumed the name of Zuffur Khan, and Mullik Sunjur, whose sister was married to Alla-ood-Deen, received the title of Rookn Khan. To these titles were superadded estates. Alla-ood-Deen, by the advice of Noosrut Khan, distributed presents also among the army, wherever he encamped, and he amused himself by throwing golden balls from a sling among the people, so that his liberality soon brought abundance of soldiers to his banners. The Queen-dowager, in the greatest perplexity, owing to the information she daily received of Alla-ood-Deen's popularity, despatched an express to Mooltan, for her son Arkully Khan; but he returned for answer, that the time was past, for before he could arrive, the troops of the capital would join the enemy; that his coming now, therefore, would be of no avail. He observed, "a stream may be "diverted at its source, but when it becomes a "river, dams cannot oppose its current." - [Previous: 37.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1.1) - [Next: 37.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1.3) - [Up: 37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.1.2) · Pramāṇa