[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) › 54 # The Nāṣirī Generations 54: XI. ’ALA-UD-DIN MAS’UD, AL-KARIM, OR THE BENEFICENT, SON OF IBRAHIM. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 54 - **Language:** English ### [54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.54) Mas’ud, son of Ibrahim, who bore the title of Karim, or the Beneficent, was a monarch of excellent disposition \[and temperament\], blessed with many virtues, just and equitable, and of auspicious reign. He ascended the throne during the Khilafat of the Lord of the Faithful, Al-Mustazhir B’illah \[Abu-l-’Abbas\], i-Ahmad, son of Al-Muktadi Bi-amr-ullah. He was endowed with humility and beneficence to an extraordinary degree, and he suppressed all the oppressive usages which, before his time, had been established. The contingent taxes, which were exorbitant, he abolished throughout the Mahmudi dominions and in Zawulistan; and likewise remitted all tolls and imposts throughout the whole empire. All the great chiefs and nobles and grandees of the country were left in undisturbed possession of the \[offices and possessions\] which they had held during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim; and he adopted the most beneficial regulations for the government of his dominions. Amir ’Uzd-ud-Daulah wa ud-Din was continued in the government of Hindustan \[as before\]; and, during Mas’ud’s reign, the Hajib-i-Buzurg \[Great Chamberlain\] died, and the Hajib, Tugha-Tigin, crossed the river Gang, in order to carry on holy war in Hindustan, and penetrated to a place where, except Sultan Mahmud, no one had reached so far with an army before. During the sovereignty of Mas’ud all the affairs of the state were conducted with perfect order and regularity, and no heart had any cause of care from any quarter. He was born at Ghaznin in 453 H., reigned seventeen years, and died in 509 H., at the age of fifty-seven. The sister of Sultan Sanjar, Saljuki, who was styled the Mahd-i-’Irak \[or the ’Iraki spouse\], was wedded to him. His sons were Baha-ud-Din, Muhammad, who had a son named Khatir-ud-Din, Muhammad; Sher-zad, Malik Arsalan, Farrukh-zad, who had three sons, ’Ali, Iran Malik, and Shah-zad; ’Ali, Bahram Shah, Malik-Mihr, Malik-zad, Mahmud, Sultan Malik, who had three sons, Arsalan Malik, Al-Hasan, and Mir-Nuk; and Jamshid Malik, who had two sons, Khurshed and Turan Malik. - [Previous: 53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.53.4) - [Next: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.55) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.54) · Pramāṇa