[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) › 56.4.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 56.4.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 56.4.1 - **Language:** English ### [56.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.4.1) Though Babur at the commencement of the siege had sent ambassadors to the Kings of Khorassan, Koondooz, Boklan, and Moghulistan for succours, he received no hopes of aid from them, and he was therefore under the necessity of abandoning his capital and kingdom, with about a hundred friends, in a dark night in the beginning of the year 907. He escaped to Tashkund, whither his brother, Jehangeer Mirza, came to pay his respects. His maternal uncle, Sooltan Mahmood Khan, also comforted him in his distress, entertaining him in a princely manner, and giving him the town of Aratiba to reside in during the winter. In the beginning of the spring, Babur was again attacked by Sheebany Khan, who being unable to take Aratiba, plundered the country, and retreated to Samarkand. In this condition, Babur, unable to raise his head from his misfortunes, resided for some time with his uncle, Sooltan Mahmood Khan, at Tashkund, till at length that chief and his brother, Ahmud Khan, known by the name of Olcha Khan, furnished troops to enable him to recover the country wrested out of his hands by Sooltan Ahmud Tumbole. When the confederates had reached the boundaries of Ferghana, Sooltan Ahmud Tumbole marched out to oppose them. It was resolved that Babur with a small detachment of Moguls should march towards Oosh, whilst his uncles attacked Ahmud Tumbole. - [Previous: 56.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.3.8) - [Next: 56.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.4.2) - [Up: 56.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.56.4.1) · Pramāṇa