[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) › 40.2.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 40.2.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 40.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [40.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.2.1) From these evils the discontent became universal, and the King was at length obliged to call in the copper currency. Such abuses had occurred in the mint, however, that, after the treasury was emptied, there still remained a heavy demand. This debt the King struck off, and thousands were ruined. The state, so far from gaining by this crude scheme, had exhausted its treasury; and the bankers, and some merchants, alone accumulated fortunes at the expence of their sovereign and the people. Mahomed Toghluk, at the representation of Ameer Nowroze Beg, a Mogul chief, who, with thousands of his tribe, had entered into the service, buoyed himself up with hopes of the facility of reducing both Persia and Tartary. But, before these projects could be put in execution, the troops were all in arrears. These, finding they could not subsist without pay, dispersed, and carried pillage, ruin, and death to every quarter. Such are the calamities comprehending the domestic transactions of many years. The public treasury thus exhausted by his former impolitic schemes, the King resolved to repair his losses by putting in execution a project equally absurd. Having heard of the great wealth of China, Mahomed Toghluk conceived the idea of subduing that empire; but, in order to accomplish his design, it was found necessary first to conquer the country of Hemachil, which lies between the borders of China and India. - [Previous: 40.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.1.7) - [Next: 40.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.2.2) - [Up: 40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.2.1) · Pramāṇa