[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) › 88.1.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 88.1.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 88.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [88.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1.7) After two or three months, Khwaja Mahmood Gawan, with the approbation of the Queen-mother, placed Yoosoof under Azeez Khan, master of the horse; who finding him fit for the task, and being old and infirm himself, committed to him the whole duty of his department; by which Yoosoof had frequent opportunities of going into the presence of Mahomed Shah, whose notice he attracted. On the death of Azeez Khan (at the recommendation of Khwaja Mahmood Gawan) he succeeded to the office of master of the horse; but not agreeing with the bramin who kept the accounts, he resigned the office, and attached himself to Nizam-ool-Moolk Toork, one of the nobles at court, whose friendship he acquired to such a degree that he used to call him brother. On Nizam-ool-Moolk's being appointed governor of Berar, he procured for his friend the title of Adil Khan, with the rank of a commander of five hundred horse, and took him with him. Nizam-ool-Moolk was afterwards killed at Kehrla; when Yoosoof Adil Khan, leaving a strong garrison in the fort, conducted back the army, together with the rich plunder of a very successful campaign, as also thirty elephants, which procured him the royal approbation; from which time the star of his good fortune began to ascend. - [Previous: 88.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1.6) - [Next: 88.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1.8) - [Up: 88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.88.1.7) · Pramāṇa