[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) › 58.3.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 58.3.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 58.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [58.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3.3) Hoomayoon, who was at this time besieging Kalunjur, having heard of the progress of the Afghans, raised the siege, and marched against them. Mahomed Shah Lody having on this occasion given the chief command of his army to Bubun Khan and Bayezeed Khan, Sheer Khan conceived himself neglected, and accordingly betraying his master, wrote a private letter the night before the action to Mirza Hindoo Beg, one of the Mogul generals, acquainting him, "That he esteemed himself a servant of Babur's family, to whom he owed his advancement, and that he would be the cause of defeating the Afghans next day." Accordingly, as had been preconcerted, Sheer Khan drew off his troops during the action, which occasioned Mahomed Shah Lody's defeat, for which service he was greatly favoured by Hoomayoon. Mahomed Shah Lody, after this defeat, having retreated to Patna, withdrew from public life, and in the same year died a natural death in retirement in Orissa. - [Previous: 58.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3.2) - [Next: 58.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3.4) - [Up: 58.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.3.3) · Pramāṇa