[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) › 187.2.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 187.2.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 187.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [187.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.6) One night, in the year 642 H., the author was sojourning, as a guest, at the dwelling of the Mu'tamad-ud-Daulah, a trusted vassal of Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar, at a place, in the territory of Lakhanawati, between Diw-kot and Bekanwah, at which place his host was residing, and heard from him the whole of this account. He related on this wise, that, after passing that river, for a period of fifteen days, the troops wended their way, stages and journeys, through defiles and passes, ascending and descending among lofty mountains. On the sixteenth day the open country of Tibbat was reached. The whole of that tract was under cultivation, garnished with tribes of people and populous villages. They reached a place where there was a fort of great strength, and the Musalman army commenced plundering the country around. The people of that fort and town and the parts adjacent advanced to repel the Muhammadan army, and they came to a battle. From daybreak to the time of evening prayer a fierce encounter was carried on, and a great number of the Musalman army were killed and wounded. The whole of the defensive arms of that host were of pieces of the spear bambu, namely, their cuirasses and body armour, shields and helmets, which were all slips of it, crudely fastened and stitched, overlapping \[each other\]; and all the people were Turks, archers, and \[furnished with\] long bows. - [Previous: 187.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.5) - [Next: 187.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.7) - [Up: 187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.6) · Pramāṇa