[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) › 66.1.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 66.1.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 66.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [66.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1.4) The governor accordingly summoned them to repair to Dowlutabad. Some months elapsed before they arrived; when, at length, they departed with Ahmud Lacheen for Guzerat. Ahmud entertained hopes of extorting presents from these officers to engage his interest in their favour with the King, but being disappointed, he resented their conduct, and treated them with contempt; remarking to his attendants, that they deserved death for having given protection to the rebel chiefs of Guzerat, and for so long neglecting the royal summons to appear at court. The Deccan officers, on hearing these sentiments, became alarmed; and on reaching the frontier, they formed a plan to revolt. It was notorious that the King frequently punished with death the slightest offences, and often without examining the accused; so that they considered it better for them to maintain themselves in the Deccan by force, than to deliver themselves up tamely like sheep to the slaughter. This resolution being taken, they quitted Ahmud Lacheen, who in attempting to oppose them was defeated and slain. The chiefs were immediately joined by numbers of disaffected persons, and before they reached Dowlutabad had collected a large force. The rajas of the Deccan, also, suffering under the tyranny of the King of Dehly, rejoiced at this revolt; in which some joined, while others, more circumspect, only privately encouraged it, and assisted the rebels with money and supplies. How just is the observation of the poet, who remarks, - [Previous: 66.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1.3) - [Next: 66.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1.5) - [Up: 66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.1.4) · Pramāṇa