[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) › 63.4.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 63.4.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 63.4.4 - **Language:** English ### [63.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4.4) On the approach of the royalists, Beiram Khan marched to Punjab, closely pursued by Peer Mahomed Khan. On reaching Bituhnda, he was induced to throw all his baggage into that fort, then commanded by Sheer Mahomed Khan, one of his former adherents. No sooner had this chief got them into his possession than he expelled the escort, and appropriated Beiram Khan's property to himself. The ex-minister proceeded to Depalpoor, which was also in the hands of one of his old adherents, Dervish Mahomed Oozbuk; but when he sent his secretary, Khwaja Moozuffur Ally, to wait on him, Dervish Mahomed seized and sent him to the King. All hopes being thus at an end, Beiram Khan marched towards Jallindhur, Meer Abdool Luteef Kuzweeny, his preceptor, with a message to him; saying, "Till now, our mind has been taken up with our education, and the amusements of youth, and it was our royal will, that you should regulate the affairs of our empire. But it being our intention henceforward to govern our people by our own judgment, let our wellwisher withdraw from all worldly concerns, and, retiring to Mecca, far removed from the toils of public life, spend the rest of his days in prayer." - [Previous: 63.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4.3) - [Next: 63.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4.5) - [Up: 63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.63.4.4) · Pramāṇa