[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) › 89.2.6 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 89.2.6 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 89.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [89.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.6) The rebels not having secured this spot, many of the King's friends ascended by ropes thrown over to them by this enterprising female for the purpose, till at last the party in the palace amounted to one hundred and fifty foreign archers, fifty matchlock-men, nineteen Toorky slaves, and twenty-five Abyssinians. Dilshad Agha, with a veil on her head, fought with them, and by animating speeches encouraged their exertions, promising that the King would reward them all with high honours. Sufdur Khan, perceiving that the numbers within increased, secured the approaches to the palace to prevent more from entering, and made a desperate attack with five hundred men, bringing cannon also to batter down the walls. Many of the besieged fell at this time, and almost all the Deccanies and Abyssinians threw themselves over the battlements and fled. The foreigners now concealed themselves, and remained silent behind the parapet wall. Sufdur Khan, concluding they had fled, broke open the outer gate of the palace, and entered the court, but while endeavouring to force the inner door the gallant Dilshad caused a volley of shot and arrows to be discharged from the terrace, which did great execution, killing and wounding some of the principal men of the minister's party. An arrow also pierced the eye of Sufdur Khan, who ran under a wall over which the King himself was standing; - [Previous: 89.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.5) - [Next: 89.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.7) - [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.89.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.2.6) · Pramāṇa