[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) › 259.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 259.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 259.6 - **Language:** English ### [259.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259.6) In this same year likewise, the army of Mughals under the Juzbi, Uklan, appeared before the gate of the city of Firuz-koh, and attacked it with great ardour for the space of twenty-one days, but did not succeed in getting possession of it, and they withdrew baffled in their attempt. When the winter season drew near, and the snow began to fall upon the mountains of Ghur, the Mughal forces turned their faces from Khurasan towards Mawara-un-Nahr. The number of the Mughal army which was in Ghur, Mughals and renegades included, was about 20,000 horse, and the route of that force lay by the foot of the fortress of Tulak, and, for a period of eight months, a force from that army used to carry their raids up to the foot \[of the walls\] of that fortress, and the veteran warriors of that fort — and this votary, Minhaj-i-Saraj, was among those holy-warriors — the Almighty’s mercy be upon them ! — used to join issue with those infidels, in such wise that it used to be impossible for the infidels to come near the fort ; and at times during that eight months, all the day long, the Mughal troops continued to prowl around the foot of the fortress. Trustworthy persons related that there were so many Musalman captives in the hands of the Mughal infidels, that they had selected, for the Chingiz Khan specially, 12,000 young virgins, who followed \[the troops\] on foot The Almighty deliver them out of their hands, and, in His wrath, take vengeance upon the infidels, and annihilate them! - [Previous: 259.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259.5) - [Next: 260](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.260) - [Up: 259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.259.6) · Pramāṇa