[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) › 256.5.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 256.5.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 256.5.2 - **Language:** English ### [256.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5.2) The territory of Kashghar is bounded N. by the mountains of Mughalistan \[the Ulugh-Tagh of the Turks—See note on the Turks, p. 875, and Thianshan of the maps\], out of which several rivers flow. Its W. boundary is also a range of mountains which shoot out from the mountains of Mughalistan towards the S.—Bilaur \[also written Billaur\] Tagh—the name of which range does not require “to be abolished,” since it has been known from the time of ’Abd-ullah-i-Khurdadbih down to Khush-hal, Khatak, Afghan, and to modern times——and from these also issue rivers which flow from W. to E.; and the whole of the country of Kashghar and Khutan lies at the skirts of these two ranges of mountains. The E. and S. boundary is a great sahra or steppe—a plain, not naturally a desert—which is wholly jungle and wilderness, and hillocks of moving sand. In ancient times there were several cities in this tract, the names of three of which are Katak or Katuk——and Lob-Kasal——probably Lob-Katal, between Turfan and Khutan; but they have been all buried in the sands. There was another called Fulad-Sum——but its fate is not recorded. It was a well-known place in the Chingiz Khan’s time. - [Previous: 256.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5.1) - [Next: 256.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5.3) - [Up: 256.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.256.5.2) · Pramāṇa