[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) › 198.1 # The Nāṣirī Generations 198.1 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 198.1 - **Language:** English ### [198.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.1) Sultan Mu'izz-ud-Din, Bahram Shah — on whom be peace! — was a conquering monarch, fearless and full of courage, and sanguinary; but he was endowed with some laudable attributes and excellent qualities. He was in nature unassuming and frank; and never had about his person jewelry and finery after the custom of the kings of this world, nor did he ever evince any desire for girdles, silken garments, decoration, banners, or display. When they imprisoned Sultan Raziyyat in the preserved city of Tabarhindah, the Maliks and Amirs, in accord, despatched letters to the capital city of Dihli, and Mu'izz-ud-Din, Bahram Shah, on Monday, the 28th of the month Ramazan, in the year 637 H., they raised to the throne of sovereignty. When, on Sunday, the 11th of the month of Shawwal of that same year, the Maliks and Amirs and the rest of the forces returned to the city again, they publicly pledged their allegiance to his sovereignty within the Daulat Khanah \[Royal residence\] on the stipulation of the Deputyship being conferred upon Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Aet-kin; and, on that day, after \[pledging\] allegiance, the writer of these words, by way of benediction, in order to congratulate him \[on his accession\], recited this strophe: — - [Previous: 197.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.197.10) - [Next: 198.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.2) - [Up: 198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.1) · Pramāṇa