[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) › 40.1.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 40.1.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 40.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [40.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.3) and his letters, both in Arabic and Persian, display so much elegance, good taste, and good sense, that the most able secretaries of later times study them with admiration. He was fond of history, and had so retentive a memory, that he recollected almost every event he read of, and the time it occurred. He was skilled, also, in the sciences of physic, logic, astronomy, and mathematics; and he had the talent of discovering the character of persons from a very slight acquaintance. He even went so far as to attend himself on patients afflicted with any remarkable disease. He studied the philosophy of the Greek schools, and after his accession to the throne he maintained disputes with Assud Muntuky, the metaphysician; Oobeid the poet; Nujm-ood-deen Intishar; and Mowlana Ein-ood-deen Shirazy, besides other learned men. He, however, took no delight in works of fiction written for amusement, such as tales or romances, nor did he encourage buffoons or actors. He wrote some good Persian poetry himself, and was the patron of literary men in general. He was not less famous for his gallantry in the field than for those accomplishments which render a man the ornament of private society. His constant desire of extending his territory accounts for his having passed the greater part of his life in the camp. He is represented by contemporaries as one of the wonders of the age in which he lived, from his possessing, in so eminent a degree, qualities and accomplishments so opposite. - [Previous: 40.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.2) - [Next: 40.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.4) - [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.40.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.3) · Pramāṇa