[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) › 56.3.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 56.3.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 56.3.4 - **Language:** English ### [56.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.4) It was on this occasion, that Mowlana Sunayee, the poet, and Khwaja Abool Burkat of Samarkand, were first introduced to Babur, and subsequently accompanied his court. The following is a translation from the Commentaries of Babur, written by himself in Toorky, giving an account of the taking of Samarkand:—"Sooltan Hoossein Mirza took the fort of Hirat in a manner similar to that of my own successful attack on Samarkand; but there was a great difference in the circumstances under which we acted. In the first place, Sooltan Hoossein Mirza was an old and experienced soldier; while, on the contrary, his enemy, Yadgar Mahomed Mirza, was a youth of seventeen, without experience either in war or politics. In the second place, he was invited to take possession of Hirat by Ameer Ally Meer Akhoor, one of the most powerful of the enemy's officers. In the third place, his enemy, Yadgar Mahomed Mirza, was at the time he entered the town in a state of intoxication in one of his gardens, and the soldiery were off their guard. Thus situated, he easily succeeded in securing his person, and was immediately joined by the party of Ameer Ally Mirza, who had planned the whole enterprise. - [Previous: 56.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.3) - [Next: 56.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.5) - [Up: 56.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.4) · Pramāṇa