[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) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Nāṣirī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri) › [Tabakat-i Nasiri (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot) › 31.13 # The Nāṣirī Generations 31.13 Tabakát-i Násirí (extracts) 31.13 - **Language:** English ### [31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31.13) When the soldiers of Islam saw this they told Muhammad Bakhtiyar that if they remained passive they would all be taken in the trap of the infidels and be made prisoners; some way of escape must be sought out. By common consent they made a simultaneous sally, and directing their efforts to one spot, they cleared for themselves a way through the dangerous obstacle to the open ground. The Hindus pursued them to the banks of the river and halted there. Every one exerted his ingenuity to devise some means of passing over the river. One of the soldiers urged his horse into the water, and it was found fordable to the distance of a bow-shot. A cry arose in the army that a fordable passage was found, and all threw themselves into the stream. The Hindus in their rear took possession of the banks. When the Muhammadans reached the middle of the stream, the water was found to be very deep, and they nearly all perished. Muhammad Bakhtiyar with some horse, to the number of about a hundred, more or less, crossed the river with the greatest difficulty, but all the rest were drowned. - [Previous: 31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31.12) - [Next: 31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31.14) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-elliot.31.13) · Pramāṇa