[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) › 47.2 # The Nāṣirī Generations 47.2 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 47.2 - **Language:** English ### [47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47.2) Khwajah Abu Nasr-i-Mishkan says: When the \[Khalifah’s\] letters patent were being read out in the audience hall of Sultan Mahmud, a weight came over the hearts of the great nobles and chiefs, as well as my own, because the marks of majesty and nobility of mind were more prominently impressed upon the brow of Mas’ud. When Sultan Mas’ud came out from his father’s presence, I, Abu Nasr-i-Mishkan, went out after him, and I said: ‘O Prince, a heavy load has overcome the hearts of us, your servants, on account of the reversal of your august title in the mandate of the Khalifah.’ Mas’ud replied: ‘Do not you be grieved. Have you not heard that “the sword is a truer authority than any writing?”’ and commanded me to go back again. - [Previous: 47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47.1) - [Next: 47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47.3) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.47.2) · Pramāṇa