[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) › 141.3 # The Nāṣirī Generations 141.3 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 141.3 - **Language:** English ### [141.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141.3) With all this tyranny and oppression, however, he was gifted with a profound knowledge of astrology. He had taken great pains with respect to that science, and had shown vast perseverance and assiduity in its acquirement, and had gained a deep knowledge of it. In the country of Mandesh, in the Khittah \[district\] of Sangah, the original fortress which Bustam-i-Zuhak had founded, he \[Amir 'Abbas\] directed should be entirely reconstructed; and skilful artisans were obtained from parts around \[for the purpose\]. The walls, after the manner of a parapet, were carried from that castle, on two sides, to the strong ground on the summit of the mountain of Zar-i-Margh; and, at the foot of that mountain, on a knoll, a lofty Kasr \[castle\] was directed to be raised, with twelve towers; and in every tower, in likeness to the zodiacal circles in the firmament, there were thirty openings—there were six towers towards the east and north, and six others towards the west and south—marked out; and these were so arranged that, every day, the sun would shine through one of those openings approximate to the position of its rise. By this means he used to know in what degree of what sign of the zodiac the sun was on that particular day; and this performance indicates the proficiency and knowledge which Amir 'Abbas had attained in the science of astrology. - [Previous: 141.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141.2) - [Next: 141.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141.4) - [Up: 141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.141.3) · Pramāṇa