[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) › 63.3 # The Nāṣirī Generations 63.3 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 63.3 - **Language:** English ### [63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.3) On being told where it was situated, he turned towards that direction, and ordered his army to halt on the spot where it then was. Sultan Malik Shah, attended only by a single stirrup-holder, set out alone towards the place indicated. He then dismounted from his horse, and, at the place where was the palace of Fir'awn, performed a prayer of two genuflections. He then laid his forehead in the dust, and lifted up his voice in supplication, saying: — “Oh God, Thou didst bestow the dominion of Miṣr upon one, Thy servant, and he proclaimed, saying: — ‘I am your most supreme Lord;’ but this Thy erring servant, having been exalted \[by Thee\] to the sovereignty of the countries of the east and the west, has come hither, and, bowing his forehead in the dust, says: — 'Great God! O Lord most High! be pleased of Thy grace and goodness to have mercy upon this Thy servant.'” Then, raising his head from his posture of adoration, he came back, and, without entering the city of Miṣr \[at all\], returned to Khurasan. This anecdote is related to show the exalted nature of the faith of that just and victorious sovereign. - [Previous: 63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.2) - [Next: 63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.4) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.3) · Pramāṇa