[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) › 244.2.4 # The Nāṣirī Generations 244.2.4 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 244.2.4 - **Language:** English ### [244.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2.4) In this manner used he to show such-like determination on this expedition, and such lion-heartedness, and was wont to stimulate the Sultan and Maliks to repel the infidel Mughals, until Monday, the 25th of the month of Sha'ban, 643 H., when intimation reached the royal camp that the army of infidel Mughals had raised the investment of the fortress of Uchchah. The cause of it was, that, on reaching the vicinity of the river Biah, Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam appointed couriers, and directed so that they wrote letters from the sublime presence to the garrison of the fort of Uchchah, and announced to them the approach of the royal standards, the vast numbers of the array and elephants, the host of cavalry with the army, and the courage of the soldiery in attendance at the august stirrup, and despatched them towards the fortress of Uchchah. A division from the army was moved on in front, to act as a reconnoitring force and advance guard. - [Previous: 244.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2.3) - [Next: 244.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2.5) - [Up: 244.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.244.2.4) · Pramāṇa