[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) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari) › [Tabakat-i Akbari of Nizamu-d din Ahmad (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot) › 34.4 # The Akbarī Generations 34.4 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 34.4 - **Language:** English ### [34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34.4) While the sabat was in course of construction, the garrison kept up such a fire of guns and muskets, that more than 100 of the workmen and labourers employed in it were killed daily, although they covered themselves with shields of bull-hide. Corpses were used in the walls like bricks. In a short time, the sabat was completed, and carried close to the fort. - [Previous: 34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34.3) - [Next: 34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34.5) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.34.4) · Pramāṇa