[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) › 263.2.7 # The Nāṣirī Generations 263.2.7 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 263.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [263.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2.7) After presenting befitting the Imam offered, if the conqueror would promise to spare the lives of the inhabitants, and not destroy the city, to pay a ransom of 200,000 dinars, 30,000 Mar-wars of grain, 100,000 ambling horses, and 100 Hindu and Turk slaves, to receive a Mughal Shahnah or Intendant, and pay yearly taxes into the Khan’s treasury. Tuli accepted these offers, a dress of honour was conferred upon the Imam and those with him, and he was sent back to the city with that Khan’s reply. The next day, the Majir-ul-Mulk, attended by ten of his principal officers, placing faith in the word of a Mughal prince, and taking with him valuable offerings of all descriptions, came out of Marw, and proceeded to the audience tent of Tuli Khan. On his reaching the entrance, he was stopped by the Amirs of Tuli—the matter, of course, had been previously arranged—and he was required to give an assignment of 300 Mar-wars—each computed at an ass’s load—of dinars as an offering to the Badshah-Zadah \[Tuli Khan\], and another 100,000 dinars for themselves, on the wealthy people of the city, on which they would obtain from Tuli Khan a written deed of security for the lives of the inhabitants; and this they swore most solemnly to observe according to the rites of their belief. Willing to save the people, and again trusting the perfidious Mughals, the Majir-ul-Mulk, at once, gave an assignment on 100 great merchants of the city; - [Previous: 263.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2.6) - [Next: 263.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2.8) - [Up: 263.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.2.7) · Pramāṇa