[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) › 77.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 77.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 77.6 - **Language:** English ### [77.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77.6) Sikundur Khan, either from fear, or out of enmity to Khwaja Jehan, drew off his troops and carried the King with him to a little distance from the field of battle; on which, the Deccanies perceiving the royal standard withdrawn, fled, and did not stop till they reached the capital. Khwaja Jehan, finding that the right and left wings had gone in pursuit, and that the King with the Deccanies had fled, thought it prudent also to retire, which he effected with such order, that he brought back his division and the royal horses and elephants to Ahmudabad Bidur. Khwaja Mahmood Gawan and his troops, on viewing this strange reverse of fortune, retreated also. Sikundur Khan Toork on his arrival at the capital was at first rewarded by the Queen-mother for bringing her son off the field in safety; but on her learning the truth from Khwaja Jehan, Sikundur Khan was confined for his cowardice, and for disgracing the King by taking him from the field at a moment when he was on the point of gaining a victory. The friends of Sikundur Khan defended him by affirming, that he had in fact saved the King from destruction, as the two wings had dispersed to plunder, and no troops remained about the royal person; declaring that they (the Deccanies) would no longer submit to be ill used by the Moguls, who had usurped the guidance of the state. The nature of the times not allowing of his punishment, Khwaja Jehan was induced to consent to Sikundur Khan's enlargement from arrest. - [Previous: 77.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77.5) - [Next: 77.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77.7) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.77.6) · Pramāṇa