[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) › 40.1.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 40.1.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 40.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [40.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.2) Tartar Khan, whom the late Gheias-ood-deen Toghluk had adopted as his son, and appointed to the government of Soonargam, was honoured with the title of Beiram Khan, and received a hundred elephants, a crore of golden tunkas (166,666l. 13s. 4d.), two thousand horses, and was appointed to the government of Bengal. To Mullik Sunjur Budukhshy were also given seventy lacks (466,666l. 13s. 4d.); to Mullik-ool-Moolk Imad-ood-Deen, eighty lacks (533,333l. 6s. 8d.); and to Mowlana Aziz-ood-deen, the King's preceptor, forty lacks (266,666l. 13s. 4d.); all on one day. Mowlana Nasir-ood-Deen Koomy had an annual pension of one lack; and Mullik Ghazy, the poet, had also a pension to the same amount. Nizam-ood-deen Ahmud Bukhshy, surprised at the vast sums stated by historians as having been lavished by this Prince, took the trouble to ascertain, from authentic records, that these tunkas were of the silver currency of the day, in which was amalgamated a great deal of alloy, so that each tunka only exchanged for 16 copper pice. In the early part of his reign, the King's liberality attracted to Dehly some of the most learned men of Asia, who returned to their countries laden with honours and with gifts. He established hospitals for the sick, and almshouses for widows and orphans, on the most liberal scale. He was the most eloquent and accomplished prince of his time; - [Previous: 40.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.1) - [Next: 40.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.3) - [Up: 40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.2) · Pramāṇa