[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) › 129 # The Nāṣirī Generations 129: XI. KUTB-UD-DIN ARZALU SHAH, SON OF MUHAMMAD, SON OF TAKISH, KHWARAZM SHAH. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 129 - **Language:** English ### [129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.129) Kutb-ud-Din, was the son of Sultan Muhammad, and his mother was a kinswoman of his father’s mother, and of the family of Kadr Khan of Kifchak; and he was the heir-apparent to the throne of Khwarazm. When the calamities consequent on the irruption of Chingiz Khan arose, and Sultan Muhammad was obliged to fly from the banks of the Jihun and the vicinity of Balkh, and retired to Nishapur, the grandmother of Arzalu Shah, the mother of Sultan Muhammad and the people of Khwarazm, the Maliks, and the Amirs, concerted together, and raised Kutb-ud-Din, Arzalu Shah, to the throne of Khwarazm, and the whole of them applied themselves to his service. The Sultans and Maliks, from both the east and west, and of the countries of Iran and Turan, who were imprisoned at Khwarazm, were all drowned in the Jihun; and not one of them was left alive, by the time that one of the sons of Chingiz Khan, Tushi by name, with a numerous army, from Mawar-un-Nahr, was nominated to march into Turkistan and Khwarazm and arrived before the gates of the latter-named city. As Arzalu Shah did not possess the power to oppose him, he took along with him his dependents, his sisters, and mothers, the ladies of the Haram of Sultan Muhammad, his father, together with the Khudawandah-i-Jahan, his father’s mother, and brought them into Tabaristan and Mazandaran, and threw himself into the fortress of Ilal in Tabaristan. When Tūshī, son of Chingiz Khān, appeared with his troops before the gates of Khwārazm, the people of the city \[the troops quartered there\] came forward to resist them, and fighting commenced; but, in the course of a very few days, Khwārazm was taken, and the inhabitants were martyred, and the whole city was razed to the ground, with the exception of the Kūshk-i-Akhjuk, which was the ancient palace, and the sepulchral vault of Sultān Takish, Khwārazm Shāh, which was allowed to stand; but all else was overthrown. After this, Tūshī pushed on in pursuit of the dependents and ladies of Arzalū Shāh’s family, captured them all, and martyred the whole of them. The mercy of the Almighty be upon them! - [Previous: 128.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.128.3.6) - [Next: 130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.130) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.129) · Pramāṇa