[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) › 14.1 # Khazaʾin al-futuh 14.1 Táríkh-i 'Aláí (extracts) 14.1 - **Language:** English ### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.1) "The tongue of the sword of the Khalifa of the time, which is the tongue of the flame of Islám, has imparted light to the entire darkness of Hindústán by the illumination of its guidance; and on one side an iron wall of royal swords has been raised before the infidel Magog-like Tatárs, so that all that God-deserted tribe drew their feet within their skirts amongst the hills of Ghazní, and even their advance-arrows had not strength enough to reach into Sind. On the other side so much dust arose from the battered temple of Somnát that even the sea was not able to lay it, and on the right hand and on the left hand the army has conquered from sea to sea, and several capitals of the gods of the Hindus, in which Satanism has prevailed since the time of the Jinns, have been demolished. All these impurities of infidelity have been cleansed by the Sultán's destruction of idol-temples, beginning with his first holy expedition against Deogír, so that the flames of the light of the law illumine all these unholy countries, and places for the criers to prayer are exalted on high, and prayers are read in mosques. God be praised!" - [Previous: 13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.13.12) - [Next: 14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.2) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.khazain-al-futuh~en-elliot.14.1) · Pramāṇa