[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) › 224.4 # The Nāṣirī Generations 224.4 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 224.4 - **Language:** English ### [224.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224.4) Having succeeded in obtaining a Hindu guide, he set out, on their track, in pursuit of the fugitive \[Hindus\] and pushed on for four nights and days, and part of the fifth night until half the night had passed, when the Hindu guide stated that he had lost the road, and was unacquainted with the route in advance. Malik Nusrat-ud-Din commanded so that they sent the Hindu to hell, and began to act as guide himself. So they reached some high ground at which place the fugitives had watered, and the cattle of their army had cast the water and heavy baggage away. In the victorious army every one said: “It is night and the enemy near: let it not be that we fall among them. Their camp must be near by.” Malik Nusrat-ud-Din, Tā-yasa’ī dismounted from his horse, and went up round the place on foot, and examined the water cast away by the horses of the infidels. He exclaimed \[after his examination\]: “Be of good cheer, my friends: the force, which is here and has watered here, is the rearmost column of the enemy’s army, by this proof. - [Previous: 224.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224.3) - [Next: 224.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224.5) - [Up: 224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.224.4) · Pramāṇa