[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) › 58.4.8 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 58.4.8 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 58.4.8 - **Language:** English ### [58.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.4.8) Sheer Shah, after the victory, of which he had at one time despaired, declared, "That, for a handful of jooar he had almost lost the empire of India." For in the territories of Raja Maldew, owing to the poverty of the soil and want of water, wheat, rice, peas, sugar, pan, and other superior productions of Hindoostan are seldom cultivated; the common grain of the country being arzun, which in the language of India is called bajry. Maldew hearing of the loss of so many brave men, was overwhelmed with affliction, and being subsequently deserted by the greatest part of his army, he retreated among the mountains of Joodpoor. - [Previous: 58.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.4.7) - [Next: 58.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.5) - [Up: 58.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.58.4.8) · Pramāṇa