[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) › 99.2.4 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 99.2.4 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 99.2.4 - **Language:** English ### [99.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2.4) Having placed Moortuza Khan Anjoo in the command of Nuldroog, Ally Adil Shah retreated to Beejapoor. His officers made frequent incursions into the Sholapoor district belonging to Hoossein Nizam Shah, who dreading an attack on the town sent thither one thousand bullock loads of grain, under a strong escort, to enable it to sustain a siege. Moortuza Khan of Nuldroog, obtaining intimation of this convoy, left his station with a large body of Bergy cavalry, and fell in with the Nizam Shahy detachment between Sholapoor and Furenda: an action ensued in which the latter was defeated, with the loss of one hundred and fifty elephants. The Bergies, elated with success, began to plunder and spread over the country. Moortuza Khan sent the elephants to Beejapoor, and retired towards Nuldroog. In the mean time the Nizam Shahies, having learnt from one of their own soldiers who had been taken and released by Moortuza Khan of the dispersed condition of his army, collected about two thousand horse, and pursuing the Adil Shahy troops, came suddenly upon Moortuza Khan, took him prisoner, and sent him to Ahmudnuggur. Hoossein Nizam Shah, still bent on supplying Sholapoor with the means of resistance, marched from Ahmudnuggur in person at the head of his army, and succeeded in throwing into the place twelve thousand loads of grain. - [Previous: 99.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2.3) - [Next: 99.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2.5) - [Up: 99.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.99.2.4) · Pramāṇa