[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) › 48.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 48.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 48.4 - **Language:** English ### [48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48.4) Kaly Khan, together with the malcontents, now marched to Dehly, which they reached on the last day of Rumzan. In this dilemma, the Vizier, Survur-ool-Moolk, took post in the citadel of Siry, wherein he stood a siege for three months; but the party of Kaly Khan daily gaining new partisans, the Vizier was reduced to the last distress. The King also perceiving that his own affairs would be ruined if he adhered to the Vizier, opened negotiations with the besiegers, and only waited an opportunity either of making his escape, or of cutting off his minister. The Vizier discovered the plot, and determined to anticipate the King's intentions; accordingly, 8th of Mohurrum, Survur-ool-Moolk, aided by the sons of Meeran Sudr, and some of his followers, broke into the royal apartments with drawn swords, in order to put the King to death. The latter, having intimation of their design, placed a guard in readiness to counteract their project, which, on a concerted signal, rushed out on the conspirators, who took to flight. The Vizier, Survur-ool-Moolk, was cut to pieces as he was passing the door; and the sons of Meeran Sudr, with the rest of the assassins, being afterwards taken, were also slain, while Mullik Hooshyar, and Mullik Moobarik, who were concerned in the plot, were publicly executed. The Kutries, and other adherents of the Vizier, apprehensive of the King's vengeance, rose in arms, and compelled him to defend the palace. - [Previous: 48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48.3) - [Next: 48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48.5) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.48.4) · Pramāṇa