[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) › 37.4.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 37.4.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 37.4.1 - **Language:** English ### [37.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.1) The mob now increasing, Hajy Mowla sent parties to secure the city gates, and despatched a person to Alla-ood-Deen Ayaz, kotwal of the new city, to come and examine the King's order. This magistrate, however, having heard of the disturbance, paid no regard to the message, but shut his own gates. Hajy Mowla, in the mean time, with his mob, entered the ruby palace, released the state prisoners, and taking out all the arms, treasure, and valuable effects, divided them among his followers. He then by force seated Alvy, styled also Shah Nunny, (one of the prisoners, a lineal descendant of Shums-ood-Deen Altmish,) upon the throne, and commanded the principal men of the city to pay him obeisance. The King received advice of these transactions, but did not allow it to affect his prosecution of the siege, which he carried on with apparently renewed vigour. He, however, wrote to Mullik Humeed, his foster-brother, on the subject, who, having raised a party in the city, seized the Budaoon gate, on the seventh day after the usurpation, and took the field, where he was joined by a party of troops who happened to be marching to Dehly from Amroha to be mustered. With these troops Mullik Humeed re-entered the city at the Ghizny gate by surprise, but being opposed at the second gate, called Bhind, by Hajy Mowla and his associates, a sharp conflict ensued. - [Previous: 37.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.3.9) - [Next: 37.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.2) - [Up: 37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.1) · Pramāṇa