[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) › 92.4 # The Akbarī Generations 92.4 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 92.4 - **Language:** English ### [92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.92.4) He accordingly crossed the river near the fort of Bhakkar, and marched towards Multan with a large army. The wind of the divine wrath began to blow, and a great flood arose. When information of this reached Sultan Mahmud, he trembled. Then he collected all his forces, and advanced to the distance of two days' journey from the city of Multan. He sent Shaikh Bahau-d din Kuraishi, successor to the celebrated Shaikh Bahau-d din Zakariya (may God sanctify his sepulchre !), as an ambassador to Mirza Shah Husain, and appointed Maulana Bahlol, who was noted for the grace of his eloquence, as well as the elegance of his ideas, to accompany the Shaikh. The Mirza received them with much honour, and said that he had come with the view of chastising Sultan Mahmud, and of visiting Shaikh Baha'u-d din Zakariya's tomb. The Maulana stated that it would suffice if the chastisement of Sultan Mahmud were effected at a distance, in the same manner as the Prophet had mentally admonished Awais Karn, and that Shaikh Baha'u-d din was already come to his presence, inasmuch as he himself was the representative of Zakariya, and that there was therefore no need of his troubling himself to proceed any further. They were, however, unsuccessful in accomplishing the objects of their interview, and returned to the Sultan, who died suddenly in the same night, poisoned, it is said, by Langar Khan, one of his slaves. He died A.H. 933, after a reign of twenty-seven years. - [Previous: 92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.92.3) - [Next: 93.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.93.1) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.92.4) · Pramāṇa