[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) › [Tarikh-i Firishta, of Muhammad Kasim Hindu Shah Firishta (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot) › 2.9 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 2.9 Táríkh-i Firishta, of Muhammad Kásim Hindú Sháh Firishta (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 2.9 - **Language:** English ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2.9) Feroze sent for some of the wise men of that religion, and ordered some of the books to be translated, and especially directed one of those books, which treated of philosophy, astrology, and divination, to be translated into prose (verse) in the Persian language, by one of the celebrated poets of that period, Eiz-ood-Deen, Khalid Khany, and called it Dulayil Feroze Shahee. It is in truth a book replete with various kinds of knowledge, both practical and theoretical. Some historians state, that Sultan Feroze Shah Barbek on this occasion broke the idols of Nagrakote, and mixing the fragments with pieces of cow’s flesh, filled bags with them, and caused them to be tied round the necks of Brahmins, who were then paraded through the camp. - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2.10) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-elliot.2.9) · Pramāṇa