[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) › 152.3.9 # The Nāṣirī Generations 152.3.9 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 152.3.9 - **Language:** English ### [152.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3.9) “Of that lion whose abode is within the Lion’s Jaws, The lions of the universe are in great affright. Thou shouldst, O lion, from ‘The Jaws’ show thy teeth, Since these are \[as though\] in ‘The Lion’s Jaws’ from terror.” When the envoy called for this verse, and the minstrel sang it, Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din’s colour changed, and the Maliks of Ghur became much agitated. Khwajah Safi-ud-Din, Mahmud, one of the most distinguished of the Wazirs of his Court, and who was a miracle of wit and address, and endowed with a forcible poetic genius, and composed excellent poetry, arose to his feet, and, looking on the ground, in reply to the envoy, called on the minstrel for this verse:— “On that day when we shall raise the standard of hostility, And shall take in hand the enemy of the territory of the world, Should any lion from ‘The Jaws’ \[dare\] show his teeth, We, with our mace, will crush his teeth within ‘The Jaws.’” - [Previous: 152.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3.8) - [Next: 152.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3.10) - [Up: 152.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.152.3.9) · Pramāṇa