[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) › 39.4 # The Nāṣirī Generations 39.4 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 39.4 - **Language:** English ### [39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.39.4) When his end drew near, he affixed his seal to mandates and decrees, which he gave into the hands of his secretary, directing him to fill them up according to the best of his own ability and judgment, and to issue, and carry them into execution, and not to let people know of his death. For a period of four months his decease was kept concealed, and they continued to place his corpse upon the throne, so that people, from a distance, could see him, as they supposed, as usual. When his end drew near, he directed that ashes should be spread upon the floor, in which he rolled about, exclaiming, “What advantageth all my wealth and my sovereignty, since death has overcome me!” until he ceased to be. His death took place in the month of Ramazan, in the year 372 H. The Almighty alone is eternal. - [Previous: 39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.39.3) - [Next: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.40) - [Up: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.39) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.39.4) · Pramāṇa