[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) › 123.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 123.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 123.2 - **Language:** English ### [123.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123.2) Sultan Takish was a wise and sagacious monarch; and, with respect to his witticisms, they relate that on a certain occasion a necessitous person wrote to him a statement of his affairs, saying: — “If thou givest me one hundred dinars, what difference will it make to the amount of thy treasures?” The Sultan, with his own hand, wrote at the head of the statement, “One hundred dinars;” and this reply, in the opinion of men of learning and talent, was exceedingly clever. On another occasion a person wrote to him, saying: — “In being a Musalman I am thy brother: give me a portion of thy treasures.” The Sultan commanded that ten dinars of gold should be presented to him. When that gift reached the indigent person, he wrote another communication to the Sultan, saying: — “I am thy brother; and yet, with all the treasures that thou possessest, not more than ten dinars of gold do I obtain?” The Sultan wrote in reply: — “If the rest of my brethren should demand their shares also, thou wouldst not have received even this much.” May the Almighty have mercy on him! Sultan Takish reduced a half of Khurasan under his sway by force, and the Maliks \[kings\] of Mazandaran acknowledged his superiority. He also subdued a part of the territory of ’Irak; and Sultan Tughril, of ’Irak, who was the nephew of Sultan Sanjar, fell a captive into his hands. - [Previous: 123.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123.1) - [Next: 123.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123.3) - [Up: 123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.123.2) · Pramāṇa