[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) › 73.5.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 73.5.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 73.5.5 - **Language:** English ### [73.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.5) In the year 818, the King having fixed on his son Hussun, a weak and dissipated Prince, to succeed him, conferred on him a royal cap and waistband, with a chutr or canopy, several royal pavilions, and some elephants, the emblems of sovereignty. At this time, also, he invited the nobles to acknowledge him as his successor, and requested the holy Syud to give him his blessing; but the saint answered, that to one chosen by the King the prayers of a poor beggar could be of no avail. Feroze Shah, dissatisfied with his reply, sent to him again; on which the Syud observed, that as the crown was decreed to descend to his brother Khan Khanan, by the will of Providence, it was in vain for him to bestow it on another. The King was much alarmed, and ordered the Syud to quit the city; pretending that his durgah was too near the palace, and that the crowds of his disciples and students were dangerous to the peace of the capital. The holy man immediately obeyed, and retired out of the town to the spot where his tomb now stands; and his followers soon erected for him a magnificent dwelling. In the year 820, the King despatched ambassadors to the Ray of Tulingana, demanding some years' arrears of tribute, who sent the sums due, with several valuable presents in addition. In the middle of this year, Feroze Shah formed the design of reducing the fortress of Pangul, now called Bilcondah, situated about eighty fursungs (two hundred and forty miles) from Adony. - [Previous: 73.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.4) - [Next: 73.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.6) - [Up: 73.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.5) · Pramāṇa