[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) › 93.3.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 93.3.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 93.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [93.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3.2) Dilawur Khan, the same year, in order to conclude a treaty of alliance with Moortuza Nizam Shah, sent ambassadors to the court of Ahmudnuggur; and in the year 992 Moortuza Nizam Shah requested of Ibrahim Adil Shah his sister Khoodeija Sooltana in marriage for his son the Prince Hoossein; which being agreed on, Kasim Beg came with a train of four hundred horse to Beejapoor to receive the Princess, and escort her to Ahmudnuggur. She departed in great pomp at the end of four months, and was accompanied by her aunt Chand Beeby, who desired to visit her brother Moortuza Nizam Shah. In the year 995, the King having attained to years of discretion, it was thought advisable, in conformity with the dictates of God, pronounced by his prophet, "increase and multiply," that he should marry; and for this purpose an ambassador was sent to the capital of Bhagnuggur, since called Hydurabad, to solicit in marriage the Princess Mullika Jehan, sister to Mahomed Koolly Kootb Shah. The person deputed on this delicate occasion was Khwaja Tilla Beg Shirazy, who was entertained sumptuously at every stage by the King's order, and graciously received at Bhagnuggur. This step having been undertaken without the concurrence of Moortuza Nizam Shah of Ahmudnuggur, that monarch was so incensed, that Mahomed Koolly Kootb Shah thought it prudent to abstain from sending the Princess till he obtained his consent; - [Previous: 93.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3.1) - [Next: 93.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3.3) - [Up: 93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.93.3.2) · Pramāṇa