[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) › 187.2.8 # The Nāṣirī Generations 187.2.8 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 187.2.8 - **Language:** English ### [187.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.8) In short, when Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar found out the nature of that tract — the Musalman troops being fatigued and knocked up by the march, and a large number having been martyred and disabled on the first day — he held consultation with his Amirs. They came to the conclusion that it was necessary to retreat, in order that, next year, after making ample arrangements, they might return again into that country. When they retreated, throughout the whole route, not a blade of grass nor a stick of firewood remained, as they \[the inhabitants\] had set fire to the whole of it, and burnt it; and all the inhabitants of those defiles and passes had moved off from the line of route. During these fifteen days not a pound of food nor a blade of grass did the cattle and horses obtain; and all \[the men\] were killing their horses and eating them, until they issued from the mountains into the country of Kamrud, and reached the head of that bridge. They found two arches of the bridge destroyed on this account, that enmity had arisen between both those Amirs \[left to guard it\], and, in their discord, they had neglected to secure the bridge and protect the road, and had gone off, and the Hindus of the Kamrud country had come and destroyed the bridge. - [Previous: 187.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.7) - [Next: 187.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.3) - [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.187.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.187.2.8) · Pramāṇa