[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) › 70.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 70.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 70.4 - **Language:** English ### [70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70.4) Mahmood Shah had a taste for poetry, and wrote some elegant verses. He also spoke the Persian and Arabic languages fluently. He was neither too much elated with prosperity, nor did he allow grief to overwhelm him in the hour of misfortune or disappointment He never cohabited but with one wife, and paid great regard to the opinions of divines, in whose company he delighted. During his reign the poets of Arabia and Persia resorted to the Deccan, and partook of his liberality. Meer Feiz Oolla Anjoo, who presided on the seat of justice, once presenting the King with an ode, received a thousand pieces of gold, and was permitted to retire to his own country loaded with wealth and distinction. The fame of the King's taste, his affability, and munificence, spread so widely, that the celebrated poet of Shiraz, Khwaja Hafiz, determined to visit the Deccan, but was prevented, by a train of accidents, which are thus related. - [Previous: 70.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70.3) - [Next: 70.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70.5) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.70.4) · Pramāṇa