[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) › 79.3.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 79.3.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 79.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [79.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3.3) Regarding their refusal as proceeding from the King's private orders, he also threw off his allegiance, and endeavoured to reduce them by force. On two occasions he defeated the royal troops, and was near expelling the King from his capital, when Dilawur Khan, Abyssinian, who had taken shelter at Boorhanpoor from the resentment of Nizam-ool-Moolk, hastened with an army to his sovereign's relief. Kasim Bereed being defeated fled to Golconda, pursued by Dilawur Khan, when Providence decreed a change of fortune. In the heat of pursuit, near Kowlas, a vicious elephant belonging to Dilawur Khan, refusing the guidance of his driver, ran back upon the army, and trampled many persons to death. Dilawur Khan, seeing the circumstance, seized a spear, and with some of his attendants attempted to turn the animal, but in vain; till the elephant rushing on, the soldiers gave way, and Dilawur Khan was seized by the furious animal in his trunk, and crushed to death. Kasim Bereed, hearing of this event, turned back upon the late victorious army, which, dispirited by the loss of its chief, fled, leaving all the baggage to fall into Kasim Bereed's hands. The King, unable to resist his power, now admitted him into the capital: a hollow reconciliation took place; and the minister, seated securely in his administration, left nothing but a nominal authority to Mahmood Shah. The historians of the Bereed Shah dynasty date its establishment from this period. - [Previous: 79.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3.2) - [Next: 79.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3.4) - [Up: 79.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.79.3.3) · Pramāṇa