[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) › 140.3 # The Nāṣirī Generations 140.3 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 140.3 - **Language:** English ### [140.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.3) “Having been joined by these chiefs, Mas’ud resumed his march, but went on in advance himself, slightly attended by about fifty or sixty ghulams, and 200 foot, selected from each dastah or band. He reached a fortress which they called Bar-tar, an exceedingly strong place, and garrisoned by a numerous and well-armed force. He prepared to attack it, his party not being patient enough to wait for the arrival of the army. He led the way himself, followed by his ghulams and the foot, and they shouted the takbir, on which the accursed unbelievers \[these Ghuris were not Muhammadans\] of this fortress of Ghur sprung up infuriated, and set up a yell sufficient to rend the ground. Mas’ud ordered his ghulams to take to their bows; and they kept up such an effectual fire of arrows, that not a Ghuri dared show his head above the walls, and this enabled the foot, by means of lassos \[used up to a recent good disposition and excellent qualities, and was highly commended for the excellency of his faith. At the time when his father held the sovereignty of in the army of Ghūris who conquered the upper provinces of India, according to the interpreters of the poem of the Bard Chand — but I have forgotten myself. Bat might be Pat, and that will be surely founded upon and shown to be part of the word Patan, and can be made “Pathan,” “Patan,” or “Pahtan,” with the greatest ease. If it were not a dangerous practice to tamper with proper names, I should be inclined to read, Shīs. - [Previous: 140.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.2) - [Next: 140.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.4) - [Up: 140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.3) · Pramāṇa