[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Khazāʾin al-futūḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh) › [Tarikh-i 'Alai (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot) › 13.5 # Khazaʾin al-futuh 13.5 Táríkh-i 'Aláí (extracts) 13.5 - **Language:** English ### [13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.5) "The wall of Arangal was made of mud, but so strong that a spear of steel could not pierce it; and if a ball from a western catapult were to strike against it, it would rebound like a nut which children play with." "At night Khwája Nasíru-l Mulk Siráju-d Daulat distributed the troops to their several destinations, and sent every detachment to occupy its proper place, so that the fort might be invested in every direction, and that his soldiers might find shelter from the naphtha and fire of those within. "When the blessed canopy had been fixed about a mile from the gate of Arangal, the tents around the fort were pitched together so closely that the head of a needle could not get between them." "To every tamin (tribe or division) was allotted one thousand and two hundred yards of land, and the entire circuit of the wall was twelve thousand and five hundred and forty and six yards." "Orders were issued that every man should erect behind his own tent a kath-gar, that is a wooden defence. The trees were cut with axes and felled, notwithstanding their groans; and the Hindus, who worship trees, could not at that time come to the rescue of their idols, so that every cursed tree which was in that capital of idolatry was cut down to the roots; and clever carpenters applied the sharp iron to shape the blocks, so that a wooden fortress was drawn around the army, of such stability, that if fire had rained from heaven their camp would have been unscathed." - [Previous: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.4) - [Next: 13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.6) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.5) · Pramāṇa