[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) › 97.1.3 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 97.1.3 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 97.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [97.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1.3) Mullik Ahmud, having determined to enforce the orders, attacked the fort of Soonere, situated on the top of a hill, and of uncommon strength. After a siege of considerable duration, the garrison came forward with swords suspended from their necks, and habited in shrouds, to sue for quarter. The place being occupied, it was found to contain five years' revenue of Marhatt and Concan, which had been deposited therein; and this sum enabled Mullik Ahmud to assume a new line of conduct. Having rewarded his officers and soldiers liberally for their services, he proceeded to reduce the following places which refused to submit to his authority; viz. Chawund, Lohgur, Toong, Kooary, Tikona, Koondhana, Poorundhur, Bhorup, Joodhun, Kuhrdroog, Murunjun, Maholy, and Pally; the whole of which he occupied by force. He soon after conquered the Concan, and was besieging the sea-port of Dunda Rajpoor, when he heard of the assassination of his father Mullik Naib Nizam-ool-Moolk Bheiry. On this information he raised the siege, for the present, and returned to Joonere, where he assumed the titles of the deceased, under the appellation of Ahmud Nizam-ool-Moolk Bheiry; and although he did not immediately adopt the title of Shah (or King), yet, as he is uniformly so called by historians, the author (Mahomed Kasim Astrabady Ferishta) has thought proper to designate him, in the future pages of his work, Ahmud Nizam Shah Bheiry. - [Previous: 97.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1.2) - [Next: 97.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1.4) - [Up: 97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.1.3) · Pramāṇa