[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) › 258.6.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 258.6.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 258.6.2 - **Language:** English ### [258.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6.2) On his way towards Karun-dujz, the Sultan narrowly escaped a party of the enemy, as related previously, at page 277 ; and he stayed there only two days to get fresh horses, and then turned his face, it is said, towards Baghdad — the place of all others, save the camp of the Chingiz Khan, which he would be likely to avoid\], but some MSS. have, to Fulad — ba-Fulad ; but, hearing that the Mughals had already reached Karun-dujz, he changed his route for the fortress of Sar-jahan — and from thence entered Gilan. Jabah \[Yamah\] left a force to invest Karun-dujz, and again set out towards Rai in pursuit of the unfortunate Sultan. Now, considering that, at the outset, if only 30,000 men were detached, what with fighting at Hirat and other places, besides the losses the Mughals must have sustained after such marches, to leave a force behind to invest this stronghold must have so weakened their numbers as to have rendered their destruction easy, I cannot, therefore, for a moment, credit the statement that only 30,000 horse were detached. Considering that the Pro-Mughal writers generally lessen the numbers of their own forces, to flatter their patrons’ vanity, our author’s statement, that 60,000 was the number despatched, is much more reliable, and much more probable. - [Previous: 258.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6.1) - [Next: 258.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6.3) - [Up: 258.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.258.6.2) · Pramāṇa