[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) › 73.1.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 73.1.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 73.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [73.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.3) Some said that he might divorce one and marry another, as often as he pleased, but this opinion being unsatisfactory, the point was referred to Meer Feiz Oolla Anjoo his minister. Feiz Oolla observed, that in the time of the Prophet and the first Caliph, the Moottea was allowed; and though abrogated in the reign of the second Caliph, it was still legal, according to the tenets of the Sheeas. The Soonees denied the orthodoxy of this doctrine; and much debate took place among the learned in consequence. All the various commentaries were now consulted in favour of the opinions of each party, till at length the King, being convinced by the reasoning of the Sheeas, received into his haram three hundred females in one day. According to Hajy Mahomed Kandahary, Feroze Shah made a point of copying sixteen pages of the Koran every fourth day, after which he engaged in public business. He generally spent his time till midnight in the company of divines, poets, reciters of history, readers of the Shah Nama, and the most learned and witty among his courtiers. In this assembly he laid aside all restraint; observing, that when he sat on the throne to transact business he was a sovereign, and necessarily obliged to assume state, in order to make a due impression on the minds of the people, so that the authority of government might be supported; but that in their company he regarded himself as a private individual, and wished to be treated without form or ceremony. - [Previous: 73.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.2) - [Next: 73.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.4) - [Up: 73.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.3) · Pramāṇa