[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) › 284.1.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 284.1.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 284.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [284.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1.6) The first place attacked, according to the Fanakati, and the Tarikh-i-Jahan-gir, but which works enter into no details, was the city of Mankas—which, on account of the denseness of the forests among which it lay, was difficult to approach, even on foot. The trees were, however, felled on either side, and around it, sufficient to enable four carts to move abreast, which enabled Batu to invest it. The city was, in due time, captured, and the inhabitants massacred; and it is stated that the left ears of all those slain were Bartas, Saklab, as far as the boundaries of Rum, came cut off in order to obtain the number of them, and that the total amounted to 270,000. Its capture, in 636 H., is mentioned farther on. Such was not unusual, even in comparatively modern times. Gerbillon \[1699\] mentions that, in the battle which took place between "Bosto or Bostugo Khan, Prince of the Kalmuks," and "Zuzi Khan Prince of the Mughals, the latter were defeated with great slaughter, and that nine camel-loads of ears and locks of hair were brought to him. When the spring of the following year came round, Batu Khan, having disposed of the affairs of Kifchak, Rus, and Alan, resolved to turn his arms against the territory of Kalar \[Bulo of Alfi\] and Bashghird or Bashkir. - [Previous: 284.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1.5) - [Next: 284.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1.7) - [Up: 284.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.284.1.6) · Pramāṇa