[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) › 167 # The Nāṣirī Generations 167: V. SULTAN ’ALA-UD-DIN, MAS’UD, SON OF SULTAN SHAMS-UD-DIN, MUHAMMAD. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 167 - **Language:** English ### [167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.167) At the time that the sons of Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam, namely, ’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, and Jalal-ud-Din, ’Ali, were both made prisoners at Ghaznin, ’Ala-ud-Din Mas'ud, son of Shams-ud-Din, ascended the throne of Bamian, and took to wife the daughter of Malik Shah of Wakhsh, who had been married to \[and left a widow by\] his brother, Sultan Baha-ud-Din, Sam. He conferred the Wazir-ship upon the Sahib, the Wazir of Bamian, and assumed sway over the dominions of Tukharistan. When Jalal-ud-Din was released from Ghaznin, he turned his face towards Bamian. In the fortress of Kawik was a person, one of the godly ecclesiastics, a holy man, whom they called Imam Shams-ud-Din-i-Arshad \[the most upright\]. Jalal-ud-Din came to pay him a visit of reverence, to obtain a good omen from his words, and his benediction. This personage was a holy sage, who, after the acquirement of all the knowledge and science pertaining to the \[written\] law, had withdrawn from the world, and devoted himself to the worship of Almighty God, and who, having turned his face towards the Court of the Most High, had become a worker of miracles and the foreteller of the future. When Jalal-ud-Din paid him a visit, and sought the assistance of this Imam’s blessed spirit, he enjoined him, saying: “Certainly, repossess thyself of the throne of Bamian; but take care that thou slayest not thine uncle, for, if thou slayest him, they will also slay thee.” Having performed his visit to the holy man, Jalal-ud-Din retired and went away; and, when he had turned his back, that holy Imam predicted, saying: “The hapless Jalal-ud-Din will kill his uncle, and they will kill him also”; and, in the end, so it turned out, as that unique one of the world had foretold. Jalal-ud-Din moved onward from that place where he then was, with his followers, and, at the dawn of the morning, fell upon his uncle, took him prisoner, and put him to death, and flayed alive the Sahib, his Wazir, as has been previously recorded - [Previous: 166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.166) - [Next: 168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.168) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.167) · Pramāṇa