[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › Nuh sipihr # Nuh sipihr The Nine Heavens Mathnawī for Quṭb al-Dīn Mubārak Khaljī whose third heaven argues India's superiority over other lands: its climate, flowers and animals, its learning (Brahmins, numerals, Kalīla wa-Dimna, chess) and its languages, with Sanskrit praised and the regional tongues listed. - **Date:** 1318 CE - **Author:** [Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/amir-khusraw) - **Extent:** 3,267 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [Nuh Sipihr (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot) — English ## Mentions - [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr) · Pramāṇa