[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) › 97.2.7 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 97.2.7 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 97.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [97.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2.7) On the night appointed, Nizam Shah, at the head of five thousand infantry, consisting of archers, rocketers, and matchlockmen, besides five thousand Coly cavalry, made a night-attack on the Guzerat camp, and at the same moment the must elephant being set free, as had been concerted, the consternation became general throughout the enemy's lines. Mahmood Shah Guzeratty and his officers, who did not apprehend an attack from so inferior a force, were sleeping quietly in their tents, but being alarmed at the uproar, sprung from their beds in dismay. At this instant, the elephant running towards the tents of the Guzerat seraglio, the ladies uttered fearful shrieks. The King of Guzerat, concluding the enemy had penetrated his camp and was committing slaughter among his family, made his way through his pavilion, and fled with a few attendants to the distance of six miles. The Deccanies conto the limits of the camp, firing rockets, till the Guzerat officers had turned out their troops. They then quietly retreated. The confusion having in some measure subsided, the Guzerat chiefs hastened in a body to the royal tents to congratulate the King; but not finding him, they thought proper to follow the next morning with the whole army, and Ahmud Nizam Shah and the allies took up the ground the enemy had left. - [Previous: 97.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2.6) - [Next: 97.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2.8) - [Up: 97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.97.2.7) · Pramāṇa