[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) › 198.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 198.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 198.2 - **Language:** English ### [198.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.2) “ Well done, on thy account, the uprearing of the emblems of sovereignty! Bravo to thy good fortune, heaped up, the ensigns of dominion! Mu’izz-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din, Mughis-ul-Khalk bi’l Of dignity like Suliman: under thy command are both jinn \[genii\] and mankind. Though the sovereignty of Hind be the heritage of the Shamsi family, Praise be to God, a second I-yal-timish, of its sons art thou. When the whole world saw thee, that, by right, thou art the kingdom’s heir, They made thy diadem their kiblah-gah, for thou art all-powerful and wise. Like as Minhaj-i-Saraj’s, for thee the creation’s prayer is this ‘O God! mayest thou on the kingdom’s throne to eternity continue: Straight like the spear may the universe during thy reign become, So that, save in the hair-tuft of thy standard, no one may disorder behold.’” When Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Aet-kin, became Deputy by virtue of his deputy-ship, he took the affairs of the kingdom into his own hands, and, in conjunction with the Wazir, the Nizam-ul-Mulk, the Khwajah, Muhazzab-ud-Din, Muhammad-i-’Iwaz, the Mustaufi assumed control over the disposal of state affairs. After a month or two had passed away, this fact began to press heavily upon the noble mind of Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din; - [Previous: 198.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.1) - [Next: 198.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.3) - [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.198.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.198.2) · Pramāṇa