[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) › 46.2.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 46.2.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 46.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [46.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2.3) for the Hindoos, according to custom, seeing their females disgraced, and their wealth seized by the soldiery, shut the gates, set fire to their houses, murdered their wives and children, and rushed out on their enemies. This led to a general massacre, some streets were rendered impassable, by the heaps of dead; and the gates being forced, the whole Mogul army gained admittance, and a scene of horror ensued easier to be imagined than described. The desperate courage of the Dehlyans was at length cooled in their own blood, and throwing down their weapons, they at last submitted themselves like sheep to slaughter; in some instances, permitting one man to drive a hundred of them, prisoners, before him. The city yielded an enormous booty. The historians have gone into some details of the amount of the silver, the gold, and the jewels captured on this occasion, particularly rubies and diamonds; but their account so far exceeds all belief, that I have refrained from mentioning it. Nizam-ood-Deen Ahmud, however, relates these circumstances differently in his history. He states, that the persons appointed to realise the contribution on the part of Teimoor having used great violence, by torture and other means, to obtain money, the citizens rose and killed some of the Moguls. This being reported to Teimoor, he ordered a general pillage. This is the first instance on record of the Moguls having plundered Dehly. - [Previous: 46.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2.2) - [Next: 46.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2.4) - [Up: 46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.46.2.3) · Pramāṇa