[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) › 40.5.8 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 40.5.8 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 40.5.8 - **Language:** English ### [40.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5.8) Mahomed Toghluk, hearing of this cruelty and breathing nothing but revenge, hastened to Cambay; but Mullik Toghan, unable to oppose him, retreated, and the King, owing to the state of the weather and bad roads, was obliged to halt at Asawul. Here advices were received, that Mullik Toghan had recruited his army at Nehrwala, and was returning to give battle. The royal troops met him at Kurry. Mullik Toghan had injudiciously caused his men to be intoxicated with strong liquors, so that they attacked the royalists with the fury of madmen; but the elephants in front checked their approach, and eventually threw them into disorder. An easy victory was obtained: five hundred prisoners were taken and put to death, and an equal number fell on the field. The King despatched the son of Mullik Yoosoof Boghra, in pursuit of Toghan after the battle; but he quitted Nehrwala, and fled, with his family and followers, to Tutta, in Sind. The King, meanwhile, went in person to Nehrwala, and was employed for some time in restoring order in Guzerat. - [Previous: 40.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5.7) - [Next: 40.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5.9) - [Up: 40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.40.5.8) · Pramāṇa