[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) › 40.3.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 40.3.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 40.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [40.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3.5) Shahoo, a chief of the mountain Afghans, about this time commenced hostilities in the north, and poured down with his followers like a torrent upon Mooltan. He laid waste the province, slew Behzad Khan, the viceroy, in battle, and put his army to flight The King now prepared an army at Dehly, and moved towards Mooltan; but Shahoo, on his approach, wrote him a submissive letter, and fled to the mountains of Afghanistan. Perceiving that it would be useless to pursue him, the King returned to Dehly. The famine still continued to rage in the city, so that men ate one another. The King, in this distress, ordered a second distribution of money towards the sinking of wells, and the cultivation of lands, but the people, weakened by hunger, and distracted by private distresses in their families, made very little progress in restoring prosperity, while the continuation of the drought rendered all their labours vain. At this time, also, the tribes of Mundulla, Chowhan, Meeana, Bhurteea, and others, who inhabited the country about Soonam and Samana, unable to discharge their rents, fled to the woods. The King marched forthwith in that direction, and massacred several thousands of them. - [Previous: 40.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3.4) - [Next: 40.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3.6) - [Up: 40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.3.5) · Pramāṇa