[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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty) › 107 # The Nāṣirī Generations 107: II. MALIK-US-SALIH, ’ALI, SON OF MAHMUD-I-ZANGI. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 107 - **Language:** English ### [107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.107) Malik-us-Salih, ’Ali, ascended the throne of Sham at the city of Damashk; and the great nobles and chieftains paid allegiance and submission to him; and the districts around Sham, and Halab, and Diyar-i-Bakr, came under his sway. When intimation of the decease of Sultan Nur-ud-Din reached Misr — and at this time the sovereignty of Misr had passed to Sultan Salah-ud-Din, Yusuf — as he owed a heavy debt of gratitude for favours conferred, Sultan Salah-ud-Din determined to proceed from Misr to the presence of Malik-us-Salih, pay his obeisance to him, and perform the forms of condolence, and congratulate Malik-us-Salih on his succession to the dominion of Sham, and then return again. He set out from Misr \[accordingly\] with a body of troops and conducted it to Sham; and, as soon as he reached the frontier of that territory, information of his arrival was brought to Damashk. The heart of Malik-us-Salih was filled with affright and consternation, and he asked advice of everybody as to what he ought to do. There was a servant of Malik-us-Salih, who had also been an old follower of his father, Sultan Nur-ud-Din, who was named Aymin, and he said to Malik-us-Salih "It is advisable, when Salah-ud-Din comes, to turn your face towards Halab and proceed thither, and relinquish Damashk and Sham to him, since fear of him has taken root in people’s hearts. He has great resources and a large army, and he is able to reduce the territories under his sway. He is likewise legitimately born, and has a well-disposed mind, and will respect your rights and the gratitude he owes to your father. If you should enter into hostilities with him, you have neither the means nor the power to oppose nor to resist him.” The opinion of Malik-us-Salih was in accord with this fact; and he left Damask, and retired to Halab, and consigned the territory of Sham into the hands of Salah-ud-Din. Malik-us-Salih passed the remainder of his lifetime at Halab; and Salah-ud-Din served him in all honour and reverence, guarded his rights, and, in the observance of the laws of good faith, and the fulfilment of his engagements, he failed neither to observe nor to neglect the most minute thing. - [Previous: 106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.106) - [Next: 108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.108) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.107) · Pramāṇa