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# The Nāṣirī Generations 259.4

Tabakat-i-Nasiri 259.4

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### [259.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259.4)

From thence \[Tirmid\] the Chingiz Khan despatched bodies of Mughal troops down towards Khurasan, Ghur, and Ghaznin ; and the passage downwards of every army of Mughals which he sent towards Khurasan and Ghur used to be by the fortress of “Nasir Koh of Tal-kan.” The garrison used to come down from Nasir Koh, and fall upon the troops and followers of the Mughal armies, and retake captives and cattle, and despatch those accursed ones to hell. These gallant exploits against the infidels by the Tal-feanis having become frequent, a numerous force from the main body of the Mughal host was sent against the fortress of Nasir Koh, and it invested that stronghold completely, and fighting began. Uklan, the Juzbi, and Sa’di, the Juzbi, together with the son-in-law of the Chingiz Khan, which accursed one’s name was Fiku, the Nu-in, and who had \[under them\] 45,000 horse, were likewise despatched to make inroads into various parts of Ghur and Khurasan. The whole of the cattle and flocks that were around about the cities, towns, kasrs, and villages of Khurasan, Ghur, and the Garm-sir, fell into the hands of the Mughal forces; and the country as far as the gate of Ghaznin, the territories of Tukharistan, and the Garm-sir, was ravaged, and the greater part of the Musalman inhabitants were martyred and made captive. During this same year, 617 H., for a period of eight months, the Mughal troops continued to carry their devastations into different parts;

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