[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) › 66.2.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 66.2.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 66.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [66.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.3) so that in a short time the territory from the river Beema to the vicinity of the fortress of Adony, and from the port of Choul to the city of Bidur, was brought under his authority. It is related, that on his accession the King distributed four hundred pounds weight of gold, and one thousand pounds of silver, in charity, in the name of Nizam-ood-Deen Oulia, who had predicted his good fortune. Mullik Seif-ood-Deen Ghoory, remarkable alike for his integrity and good sense, was appointed minister; and the ex-king, Nasir-ood-Deen, re-assuming his original name of Ismael, was honoured with the title of Ameer-ool-Omra. Not unmindful of his promise to his former master, the King entrusted his treasury to the bramin Gungoo, who quitted the service of Mahomed Toghluk Padshah, and repaired to the Deccan; and the affix of Gungoo Bahmuny was superadded to the King's title in all public documents, and remained engraven on the royal seal of that dynasty till its extinction. It is generally believed that Gungoo was the first bramin who accepted office in the service of a Mahomedan prince; before whose time, the bramins never engaged in public affairs, but passed their lives in the duties of religion, and in the study of the Vedas; indifferent to fortune, conceiving the service of princes to be destructive of virtue. - [Previous: 66.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.2) - [Next: 66.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.4) - [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.66.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.66.2.3) · Pramāṇa