[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) › 75.2.1 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 75.2.1 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 75.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [75.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.1) Alla-ood-Deen Shah, on receiving this intelligence, called a council of his ministers and military chiefs, to concert measures for acting at such a critical moment. It was recommended that the King should proceed in person against the enemy, it being probable that both the kings of Guzerat and Malwa, as also the rays of Gondwara, were prepared to aid in assisting Nuseer Khan. The King, however, suspecting the fidelity of his chiefs, appointed Mullik-oot-Toojar, then governor of Dowlutabad, to conduct the campaign. Mullik-oot-Toojar having accepted the commission, observed, that servants had no option but submission, and it was their duty to resign even life itself at the command of their masters; but he observed, that it was notorious the defeat at Mahim (Bombay) was occasioned solely by the enmity of the Deccany and Abyssinian officers towards him. since they could not bear to see a foreigner distinguish himself. He humbly requested, therefore, that the King would, on the present occasion, give him the command of the household troops, and all the foreigners, without any Deccanies or Abyssinians, when he trusted, by the blessing of the Almighty, and the royal auspices, he should be able to bring affairs in Berar to a prosperous issue. Alla-ood-Deen Shah consenting, directed three thousand Mogul bowmen from the body-guard to attend him, as also many Mogul officers, who had been brought up in the service of Feroze Shah and Ahmud Shah. - [Previous: 75.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.1.8) - [Next: 75.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.2) - [Up: 75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.1) · Pramāṇa