[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) › 74.2.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 74.2.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 74.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [74.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.2.1) After this event, Ahmud Shah, having laid waste the whole country, marched to Beejanuggur, which he so closely blockaded, that the inhabitants were reduced to the utmost distress ; when Dew Ray, in order to spare his people, sent ambassadors soliciting peace, which was acceded to. They required that the Raja should send to the King's camp the arrears of tribute due for many years laden on his best elephants, and conducted by his son, with his drums, trumpets, and all other insignia of state. Dew Ray, deeming it unsafe to refuse compliance, deputed his son with thirty elephants laden with the treasure. The King caused some chiefs to go forth to meet him; and after being led in ceremony through the market, and the principal streets of the camp, he was conducted to the presence. The King, after embracing, permitted him to sit at the foot of his throne, and throwing over his shoulders a magnificent mantle, and presenting him with a sabre set with jewels, gave him twenty beautiful horses of various countries, a male elephant, dogs for the chase, and a leash of hawks; to which last, the people of the Carnatic had been till then strangers. The army now marched from the vicinity of Beejanuggur; and on its arrival on the banks of the Krishna the Ray's son was dismissed, and the troops returned to Koolburga. - [Previous: 74.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.1.9) - [Next: 74.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.2.2) - [Up: 74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.74.2.1) · Pramāṇa