[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) › 66.2.10 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 66.2.10 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 66.2.10 - **Language:** English ### [66.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.10) Alla-ood-Deen Hussun being once asked how he contrived without great treasures or armies to attain royalty, he replied, by kindness to my friends, generosity to my enemies, and by courtesy and liberality to all mankind. It has been asserted that he was descended from Bahmun, one of the ancient kings of Persia, and I, the author, have even seen a pedigree of him so derived, in the royal library of Ahmudnuggur; but it was probably only framed, after his accession to the throne, by flatterers and poets, for I believe his origin was too obscure to admit of being traced. The appellation of Bahmuny he certainly took out of compliment to his master, Gungoo, the bramin, a word often pronounced bahmun. The King himself was by birth an Afghan. - [Previous: 66.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.9) - [Next: 67.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.67.1.1) - [Up: 66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.10) · Pramāṇa