[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) › 245.5 # The Nāṣirī Generations 245.5 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 245.5 - **Language:** English ### [245.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245.5) Chin, son of Yafis, was very clever, and inventive, and among other things invented by him was the custom of winding silk \[from the cocoon\], and weaving silken textures. He had a son whom he named Ma-Chin, who was exceedingly wise. When the latter’s family became numerous, he said to his father that he would construct a place of abode for himself, and he founded the city of Ma-Chin. He acquired the jade stone, and discovered its properties and virtues, and made it known to his people, and he also took musk from the musk-deer. Khurz, son of Yafis, was very mild, tractable, and taciturn, and, having roamed about in all directions, at length fixed his residence by the bank of the river Atil — اتل. In the summer season he dwelt \[with his family\] in the open country, and, in winter, in a town \[شهر\] — a fixed habitation, probably. - [Previous: 245.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245.4) - [Next: 245.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245.6) - [Up: 245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.245.5) · Pramāṇa