[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) › 21 # The Nāṣirī Generations 21: I. AHMAD, SON OF ASAD, SON OF SAMAN. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 21 - **Language:** English ### [21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.21) Each of the sons of Saman-i-Khaddat rose to great rank and power, and they each held a tract of territory in Mawar-un-Nahr, Farghanah, or Khurasan, as will be mentioned in the succeeding pages. Nuh, son of Asad, who was a person of excellent qualities and disposition, and of great energy and high courage, was invested with the government of the territory of Samrkand. Yahya, another son, held the territory of Shash and Isfanjab, and their dependencies. He was a man of undaunted spirit and energy, and possessed great talent for government, and left many proofs of his goodness in those parts. Ilyas held the government of the province of Hirat and its dependencies, and the parts adjacent. He also was a person of energy and great experience; but Ahmad was the greatest, the most intrepid, energetic, and sagacious of the whole of the brothers, and held charge of the territory of Samrkand. Nuh, at first, was placed in charge of the affairs of Farghanah, but, subsequently, it came into the hands of Ahmad, with the whole of Kasghar, and Turkistan, to the frontier of Chin. He was renowned for his courage, and valour, and experience, which were celebrated throughout Iran and Turan; and his descendants, one after the other, occupied the throne, and governed God’s people liberally and beneficently. Of those of his descendants who attained to sovereignty, one of the learned men has spoken, in verse, in the following quatrain: — “Nine persons there were of the race of Saman, renowned, Who as rulers became famous in Khurasan, A Isma’il, a Ahmad, and a Nasr, Two Nuh, two ’Abd-ul-Maliks, two Mansurs.” Amir Ahmad had nine sons: Nasr, Isma’il, Is-hak, Mansur, Asad, Ya’kub, Hamid, Yahya, and Ibrahim. The mention of their descent was found, as has been entered herein — Saman, son of Jashman, son of Tamghan, son of Nosher, son of Noshed, son of Bahram, son of Shubin \[Chubin\]. - [Previous: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.20) - [Next: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.21) · Pramāṇa