[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) › 73.1.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 73.1.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 73.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [73.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.7) Feroze Shah, every year, despatched vessels from the ports of Goa and Choul to procure the manufactures and curious productions of all quarters of the world, but particularly to invite to his court persons celebrated for their talents; whom, he would frequently observe, should be regarded as the choicest productions of all countries. He used to say that kings should draw around them the most learned and meritorious persons of all nations, so that from their society they might obtain information, and thus reap some of the advantages acquired by travelling into distant regions of the globe. The King had so excellent a memory that he could converse in many languages; a practice he exercised, as far as practicable, towards foreigners. It was sufficient to hear a circumstance once related to enable him to retain it in mind ever after. He was a good poet, and often made extempore verses. He was well acquainted with several sciences, and particularly fond of natural philosophy. On Saturdays, Mondays, and Thursdays, he heard lectures on botany, geometry, and logic, generally in the day, but if business interfered, at night. It is said, that he even excelled Mahomed Toghluk in literary attainments. He was the first king of the Deccan who intermarried with the Syuds of Anjoo; having taken a daughter of that family for his son Hussun Khan, and given one of his own daughters in marriage to Meer Shums-ood-Deen Mahomed Anjoo, whom he appointed governor of Dowlutabad. - [Previous: 73.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.6) - [Next: 73.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.2.1) - [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.73.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.1.7) · Pramāṇa