[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) › 149.2.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 149.2.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 149.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [149.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2.2) “The world knoweth that I of the universe am king. The lamp of the family of the ’Abbasis am I. ’Ala-ud-Din, Husain, son of Husain, am I, Whose house’s sovereignty be ever enduring! When on the bright bay steed of my dominion I sit, One, to me, will be both the heavens and the earth. Death sports around the point of my spear: Hope follows \[as goad\] the dust of my troops. I should roam the world through, like unto Sikandar: I should in every city another sovereign place. I was determined on this, that of the vagabonds of Ghaznin I would set a river of blood running like unto the Nil. But they are maudlin old dotards and infants, And my blooming fortune maketh intercession for them. For their own sakes I have granted them their lives, That the granting of their lives may of mine be the bond.” - [Previous: 149.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2.1) - [Next: 149.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2.3) - [Up: 149.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.149.2.2) · Pramāṇa