[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) › 60.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 60.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 60.4 - **Language:** English ### [60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.4) It is said that Mahomed Khan Firmully having met Taj Khan Kirrany on that day, on his way to the audience-chamber, asked him whither he was going; to which the other replied, "that affairs had taken such an extraordinary turn at court, that he was determined to push his fortune, and would be glad that Mahomed Khan Firmully would share it with him." Mahomed Khan Firmully answered, "That he "aspired to no higher fortune than what he possessed, for which he was as usual about to pay his respects;" but such as we have seen was his reward. Taj Khan, as soon as he left the fort, took the route of Bengal, with all his dependents. Troops were despatched in pursuit, and came up with him at Chibra Mow, about eight miles from Agra; but he defended himself so ably, that he contrived to ensure a safe retreat to Chunar. In his progress, he seized the public money and other effects belonging to the crown, and gave away an hundred elephants to his brethren and others of his tribe, who held lands in the province of Khowaspoor Tanda. By their aid he collected a formidable army, which obliged the King to take the field in person; and the insurgents meeting him on the banks of the Ganges above Chunar, were defeated and dispersed. - [Previous: 60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.3) - [Next: 60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.5) - [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.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.4) · Pramāṇa