[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) › 288.2.7 # The Nāṣirī Generations 288.2.7 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 288.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [288.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2.7) This new capital, “Kay-ping-Fu,” afterwards “Shang-tu,” is apparently the Shandu, and Ciandu of Polo, “Xandu” in Ramusio, and “Ions” of Hayton. “It stood,” it is stated, “in the country of Karchin on the river “Shan-tu,” N.N.E. of Pekin, and “seems to be,” says a writer in Astley’s “Collection,” “Chau-nayman-suma, which is one of three ruins marked in the Missioners’ map, on the river Shangtu.” Hayton calls it Ions. “Passing out of the gate, Hi-fong-kew in Pe-che-li, you find yourself in Karchin, Ohan, Naman \[Naeman\], and Korchin. It is divided into ten standards; and the country of the Mughals of Korchin extends to the Sira Mūr-ān — the great river Sira. Mūr-ān in the Mughal language signifies a great river, and Pīrah a smaller one.” To continue the Chinese accounts before returning to the Mughal records quoted by the Musalmān writers, in whose time the Mughals had to a considerable extent become Musalmāns likewise, they say that, in 1257 A.D. \[the year 655 H. began on the 18th January, 1257 A.D.\], “Mengko” sent orders to his generals in Se-chwen, Hu-quang, and Kyang-nan, to prepare to attack the Song \[empire\] on all sides, resolving to begin himself with the first, that is to say, Se-chwen, which therefore is equivalent with Tingnāsh \[Ningyā-īsh\] of the Musalmān writers, Mahā-Chīn of the Hindūs, and Manzi of the Chinese, as described by the Fanākatī and others. - [Previous: 288.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2.6) - [Next: 288.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2.8) - [Up: 288.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.288.2.7) · Pramāṇa