[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) › 60.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 60.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 60.7 - **Language:** English ### [60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.7) Sikundur Shah, seeing this formidable army, began to repent, and made overtures for peace, merely requiring to be allowed to retain Punjab. Ibrahim, elated with his own apparent superiority, refused to listen to terms, and both armies engaged. Sikundur Khan intrusted the ensigns of royalty to one of his officers, and remained during the action with a select body of horse in a grove at some distance. Ibrahim Khan in the onset broke through the enemy's army; but his troops having quitted their ranks and engaged in plunder, Sikundur Khan took advantage of it to rush upon them, and creating a panic in the army of Ibrahim Khan, his troops dispersed, and were defeated. Ibrahim Khan, abandoning his capital, retreated to Sumbhul; while Sikundur Khan took possession both of Agra and Dehly. He had not long enjoyed his good fortune, however, when he was obliged to repair to Punjab, to oppose Hoomayoon Padshah, who, having returned from a long exile, was now advancing to recover his dominions. During the absence of Sikundur, Ibrahim Khan marched to Kalpy, while at the same time Mahomed Shah Adily detached his Vizier Hemoo, with an army well appointed in cavalry, elephants, and artillery, from Chunar, with a view to recover the western empire. Hemoo attacked Ibrahim Shah at Kalpy, and having defeated him, he was compelled to fly to his father at Byana, pursued by Hemoo, who besieged him in that city for three months. - [Previous: 60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.6) - [Next: 60.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.8) - [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.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.60.7) · Pramāṇa