[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) › 89.7.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 89.7.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 89.7.2 - **Language:** English ### [89.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7.2) On observing that the colour of the canopy, the royal standard, and flags of the enemy, which were formerly white, were changed to green, the King asked the cause of this alteration. He was told these were the insignia conferred on Boorhan Nizam Shah by Bahadur Shah of Guzerat. While he was yet speaking, the light division became engaged; and Ismael Adil Shah instantly advanced with his whole line, by which the action became general, and was so well maintained on both sides that victory was long doubtful. At length Khoorsheed Khan, commander of the Nizam Shahy army, being killed, his troops fled in disorder. Boorhan Nizam Shah was shortly after surrounded by the Beejapoor Mogul horse, and in danger of being taken prisoner, when his body guard, by a desperate effort, liberated their sovereign, and escorting him safely from the field, he fled with precipitation to Ahmudnuggur, without waiting to collect his scattered army. Much plunder fell into the hands of the victors; and the superiority of Ismael Adil Shah became established throughout the Deccan. The battle was called the Victory of the Foreign Boys, by whose exertions it was principally won. This corps now rose daily in the King's esteem, and many of them were raised to the rank of nobility, in reward for their services during the lifetime of their fathers. This was the last contest between Ismael Adil Shah and Boorhan Nizam Shah. - [Previous: 89.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7.1) - [Next: 89.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7.3) - [Up: 89.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.89.7.2) · Pramāṇa