[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) › 196.7 # The Nāṣirī Generations 196.7 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 196.7 - **Language:** English ### [196.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.196.7) Sultan Rukn-ud-Din, Firuz Shah, in munificence and liberality, was a second Hatim, and what he did, in expending wealth, in conferring so many honorary dresses, and the superfluity of presents, no king, at any time, or in any reign, had done the like of; but his misfortune was this, that his inclinations were wholly towards buffoonery, sensuality, and diversion, and that he was entirely enslaved by dissipation and debauchery; and most of his honorary dresses and his presents were made to such people as musicians and singers, buffoons and Ganymedes. His excessive waste of money was to such degree, that, while in a state of intoxication, seated on the back of an elephant, he would drive through the bazar of the city, scattering tangahs of red gold which the people in the street used to pick up, and gain advantage by. He had a passion for frolic, and for riding elephants, and the whole class of elephant drivers derived immense benefit from his riches and good-nature. It was not in his nature and disposition to injure a human being, and this fact was the cause of the wane of his dominion. It is essential above all things, that sovereigns should have justice in order that their subjects should dwell in, tranquillity and repose, and that they possess beneficence so that their followers may be satisfied and contented; and revelry and merriment, and companionship with the base and ignoble, becomes the means of an empire’s ruin. The Almighty pardon him! - [Previous: 196.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.196.6) - [Next: 197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.197.1) - [Up: 196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.196) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.196.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.196.7) · Pramāṇa