[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) › 68.2.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 68.2.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 68.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [68.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.6) Dawood Khan, who could not brook the reprimand given him at Beejanuggur for quitting his post, and having also a design on the throne, secretly plotted the King's assassination. In this plot Khan Mahomed and Musaood Khan were also engaged; the former of whom had not forgotten the circumstance of his removal from the government of Dowlutabad, and the preference shown to his rival Azim Hoomayoon, and Musaood sought revenge for the death of his father Moobarik, spice-bearer to the late King. These conspirators watched impatiently for an opportunity to execute their design; although such was the vigilance of Sufdur Khan and Azim Hoomayoon, that as yet none had offered. But as the pen of Providence had signed the decree, Mujahid Shah one day dismissed his two faithful officers, against their own wishes, to their governments, and moved with his remaining attendants towards his capital. Arriving on the banks of a river, he halted to amuse himself with fishing; but being suddenly seized with a pain in his eyes, which proved to be ophthalmy, he retired to repose in a tent guarded by the conspirators. - [Previous: 68.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.5) - [Next: 68.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.7) - [Up: 68.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.6) · Pramāṇa