[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) › 37.4.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 37.4.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 37.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [37.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.3) Runtunbhore had now been closely besieged for a whole year, and Alla-ood-Deen, after trying all other means, adopted the following expedient to reduce it. Having collected a multitude of people, and provided each with a bag filled with sand, they began, at some distance from the fort, to form an ascent to the top of the walls, by which means the troops eventually obtained possession of the place. The Raja Humbur Dew, his family, and the garrison, were put to the sword. This fort is esteemed the strongest in Hindoostan. Ameer Mahomed Shah, the Mogul general, who had taken refuge in Runtunbhore, after the mutiny at Jalwur, having lost most of his men in defence of the fort, was himself lying ill of his wounds, when Alla-ood-Deen entered the place. Alla-ood-Deen, finding him in this condition asked him, in an insulting manner, "What gratitude would he evince if the King should command his wounds to be immediately cured?" The Mogul fiercely replied, "I would put you to death for a tyrant, and endeavour to make the son of Humbur Dew, to whom my gratitude is due, king." Alla-ood-Deen, enraged at this reply, caused him to be thrown beneath the feet of an elephant. But considering, afterwards, that he was a brave man, and one whose gallantry he had often witnessed, he directed his body to be put in a coffin, and interred with decent solemnity. - [Previous: 37.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.2) - [Next: 37.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.4) - [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.37.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.37.4.3) · Pramāṇa