[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) › 89.2.5 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 89.2.5 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 89.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [89.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.5) The foreign guards declared their resolution to defend their young sovereign, and both Dilshad Agha and Booboojee Khanum (the Queenmother) now came out, dressed as men, and clad in armour, with bows and arrows in their hands, attended by the young King, Ismael Adil Shah, who had the yellow umbrella of his father held over him by a Toorky female, named Moortufa. Meanwhile Sufdur Khan, the Regent's son, who was endeavouring to force the gates, was opposed by the Toorks with arrows from the palace wall. The young King, as well as the women, assisted, but the enemy's superiority was so great, that the party of brave Toorks had little chance. Many of them were killed by musket-balls, and the rest falling back, a mournful cry of despair ensued. At this instant, Moostufa Khan and Sikundur Khan Koomy, who had formerly the charge of the citadel, (and whom Kurtial Khan, thinking weak and insignificant, had not thought worth while to expel,) hearing of the disturbance, hastened with fifty Deccany matchlock-men to the foot of the palace wall, and hailing Dilshad Agha ascended the terrace, and joined the royal party. The minister's party, though now kept in check, could not effectually be repulsed. Many persons continued to fall on both sides; and Dilshad Agha sent a servant privately over the wall into the city, to inform all the foreigners of the danger to which their King was exposed, entreating them to hasten to his assistance, promising to admit them over a bastion behind the palace. - [Previous: 89.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.4) - [Next: 89.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.6) - [Up: 89.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.5) · Pramāṇa