[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) › 68.2.8 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 68.2.8 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 68.2.8 - **Language:** English ### [68.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.8) Dawood Khan, having left the body of his murdered nephew and sovereign, went out of the tent, and on the same day required the nobility and officers present to acknowledge him as sovereign. He was, in fact, heir presumptive to the crown, Mujahid Shah having no children. The nobles assented reluctantly, and were rewarded with honours and gratuities, according to custom. In the morning Dawood Khan despatched his nephew's body to Koolburga; and, after halting two or three days, proceeded to that capital himself, in great state, attended by the army. The death of Mujahid Shah happened after a reign of not quite three years, on the night of the 17th of Zeehuj, 779. Hajy Mahomed Kandahary states, that he received his death-wound from the son of Moobarik the spice-bearer: — but God only knows the truth. - [Previous: 68.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.7) - [Next: 69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.69) - [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.68.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.68.2.8) · Pramāṇa