[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) › 60.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 60.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 60.1 - **Language:** English ### [60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.1) Moobariz assumes the title of Mahomed Shah — some account of his vices and character. — Hemoo, a Hindoo retail shopkeeper, is raised to the office of minister. — Disaffection prevalent at court. — Taj Khan Kirrany quits the court, and raises an army. — Ibrahim Khan Soor also raises troops, and assumes the title of king. — Mahomed Soor marches to attack Ibrahim — consents to divide the kingdom, and quits Dehly. — Ahmud Khan, a nephew of Sheer Shah, disputes the right of both, and assumes the title of Sikundur Shah. As soon as Moobariz Khan had secured the musnud of the dynasty of Soor, he assumed the title of Aadil Shah; but the lower orders of the people having rejected the letter a in the beginning, and added the letter y to the end of the word, were in the habit of calling him Adily, by which name he is known to posterity. Adily having always devoted himself to pleasure, neglected even the common acquirements of reading and writing. He hated men of learning, and kept company with illiterate persons like himself, whom he raised to the highest dignities in the state; among whom, one Hemoo, an Indian shopkeeper, whom his predecessor Sulim Shah had made superintendent of the markets, was intrusted with the whole administration of - [Previous: 59.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.59.3.4) - [Next: 60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.2) - [Up: 60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.1) · Pramāṇa