[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) › 263.3.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 263.3.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 263.3.6 - **Language:** English ### [263.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3.6) The walls, towers, and all the buildings of Nishabur were thrown down, and for seven days and nights the water of the neighbouring river, which had been dammed up for the purpose, was made to run over it, so as to sap whatever buildings remained — the greater number of houses were probably built of unburnt bricks — and bullocks and ploughs were brought, and its site was sown with barley, and the Mughal horses \[some of them ?\] fed with it when it sprang up. One Mughal officer and four Tajziks were left there to slay any persons who might have escaped the general massacre ! It is stated in the Tarikh-i-Khurasan, quoted by some of my authorities, that it took twelve days to number the slain, and that, without enumerating women and children, and such as could not be accounted for, the number recorded was 1,747,000 souls. With respect to this immense, and almost incredible, number of persons said to have been butchered by the Mughal advanced towards Hirat, and pitched his camp before the barbarians, we must understand that the people of the open country always sought shelter within the walled cities and towns. This fact, no doubt, tended to hamper their garrisons, and, from the quantity of food required for their subsistence, caused the early surrender of many very strong places that, otherwise, would have held out like the fortresses of Ghur and Gharjistan, as our author so graphically relates farther on. - [Previous: 263.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3.5) - [Next: 263.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3.7) - [Up: 263.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.263.3.6) · Pramāṇa