[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) › 75.2.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 75.2.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 75.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [75.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.5) Dew Ray, upon this, gave orders to enlist Mussulmans in his service, allotting to them estates, and erecting a mosque for their use in the city of Beejanuggur. He also commanded that no one should molest them in the exercise of their religion, and, moreover, he ordered a Koran to be placed before his throne on a rich desk, so that the faithful might perform the ceremony of obeisance in his presence without sinning against their laws. He also made all the Hindoo soldiers learn the art of archery; to which both he and his officers so applied themselves, that he could soon muster two thousand Mahomedans and sixty thousand Hindoos well skilled in archery, besides eighty thousand cavalry, and two hundred thousand infantry, armed in the usual manner with pikes and lances. With this host, he resolved on conquering the Bahmuny kingdom; and, accordingly, in the year 847, having crossed the Toongbudra suddenly, he took the fortress of Moodkul, sent his sons to besiege Rachore and Bunkapoor, and encamped with his army along the bank of the Krishna. From hence he sent detachments which plundered the country as far as Sagur and Beejapoor, laying it waste with fire and sword. Alla-ood-Deen Shah, on receiving intelligence of these events, prepared to repel the invasion, and commanded all his troops from Tulingana, Dowlutabad, and Berar, to repair to the capital of Ahmudabad Bidur without delay. - [Previous: 75.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.4) - [Next: 75.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.6) - [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.75.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.75.2.5) · Pramāṇa