[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) › 287.5.6 # The Nāṣirī Generations 287.5.6 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 287.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [287.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5.6) On the same day that this was determined on, he despatched, in advance of himself, another brother, Shah Kiya, along with the traitor— as I shall presently show— the Khwajah, Nasir-ud-Din, the Tusi, and other officials and leaders of his forces, to the presence of Hulaku, bearing presents and offerings befitting. On Friday, the 27th of Shawwal, they reached his camp ; and, on Sunday, 1st of Zi-l-Ka’dah, 654 H.— 12th November, 1256 A.D.— the Khudawand, Rukn-ud-Din, Khur Shah, having taken a last farewell of his ancestral home of two hundred years, accompanied by Asil-ud-Din, Zauzani, Mu’ayyid-ud-Din, the Wazir, and the sons of the Ra’is-ud-Daulah, and Muaffik-ud-Daulah, the same day presented himself in the camp of Hulaku, the Mughal. So, the strongly fortified town of Meimundiz” was neither besieged, nor was “the attack prosecuted with vigour,” because no attack was ever made, neither did “Rokn-ud-din propose terms to Khulagu,” as we are informed in the Mongols Proper, but quite the contrary. The traitor, Nasir-ud-Din, the Tusi, composed a verse on this event, the first half of which, not quite correctly rendered, is given by Von Hammer, who, in his account of the Isma’ilian, makes sad havoc among the names of persons and places. The verse is as follows, literally rendered ; — - [Previous: 287.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5.5) - [Next: 287.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5.7) - [Up: 287.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.287.5.6) · Pramāṇa