[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) › 73.5.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 73.5.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 73.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [73.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.6) Without regarding his relationship to the Ray of Beejanuggur, he marched and commenced the siege, which extended to two whole years; at the end of which time, it not being the will of Heaven that it should then fall, a pestilence broke out in the royal army, in which, men and horses died every day in great numbers. Discontent and fear filled the minds of the survivors; and many officers of the first rank, quitting the camp with their followers, retired to their estates. At this crisis, Dew Ray, having collected his army, and having obtained assistance from all the surrounding princes, including the Raja of Tulingana, marched against the King, with a vast host of horse and foot. Feroze Shah, though he judged his army unequal to oppose the Hindoos, yet, impelled by a sense of pride, gave battle in spite of the remonstrances of his officers. Meer Fuzl Oolla, who commanded the troops of Islam, charged the infidels with great valour, and routing their centre, fell upon their right wing, and was on the point of obtaining the victory, when one of his own attendants, said to be bribed for the purpose by Dew Ray, inflicted a severe wound on his head, of which he instantly died. This fatal event changed the fortune of the day: the King was defeated; and with the utmost difficulty, and not without very great efforts on his part, effected his escape from the field. - [Previous: 73.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.5) - [Next: 73.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.7) - [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.73.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.73.5.6) · Pramāṇa