[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) › 140.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 140.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 140.6 - **Language:** English ### [140.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.6) The fugitives threw themselves into this place, which was of vast strength, and contained numerous kushks \[here kushk seems to mean a castle or fortified house\], after the manner of the Ghūrīs, and sent away to a stronghold, at a distance in the rear, their women, children, and everything they could remove. The unbelievers resisted obstinately up to the time of evening prayer, and great numbers of them were killed, and numbers of Musalmāns were martyred \[Mas’ūd’s troops are referred to here\]. When the night closed in, the unbelievers decamped, and the village \[or town\] was taken possession of by the troops, who occupied themselves, throughout the night, in plundering it. “At Ghur, and the mountain tracts of Mandesh, the whole of “At dawn next day, the Amir again moved forward towards their \[other\] stronghold, two leagues distant. He had to pass through a constant succession of defiles and passes, and did not reach it till the time of afternoon prayer. They found a fortress, as they had been informed, stronger than any other in the whole of Ghur, and no one recollected hearing that it had ever been taken by force of arms. Mas’ud, having reached it, disposed his forces around this stronghold and, during the whole night, preparations were made for attacking it, and the battering rams were placed in favourable positions.” I must here still further curtail this interesting account of the expedition for want of space. - [Previous: 140.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.5) - [Next: 140.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.7) - [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.140.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.140.6) · Pramāṇa