[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) › 63.5 # The Nāṣirī Generations 63.5 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 63.5 - **Language:** English ### [63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.5) After he had eaten, Malik Shah arose and inquired of his attendant : — For how much didst thou purchase these ?" The man, with eyes bent on the ground, replied For four and a half dangs \[little pieces\] of coin." The Sultan then asked the whole of those present, whether they had had sufficient, to which they replied, that through the Sultan's liberality they had eaten all that they desired. Malik Shah, on hearing the price, defrayed the amount out of his own private purse; and, turning towards Nizam-ul-Mulk, he said: — “A poor frail creature like Malik Shah, and a minister such as Nizam-ul-Mulk, and so considerable a number of followers, have eaten their fill at the cost of four and a half little pieces of coin; therefore it would be the height of inhumanity to covet the property of orphans. Whosoever hath amassed wealth, and hath accumulated both lawful and unlawful gains, did so in order that, after his decease, his property should go to his progeny and his dependents, and not that I should take possession of it arbitrarily. Therefore give up the matter, and say no more on the subject.” The mercy of the Almighty be upon him! and may those, who read this, utter a benediction to his memory and to mine. - [Previous: 63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.4) - [Next: 63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.6) - [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.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.63.5) · Pramāṇa