[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) › 66.1 # The Nāṣirī Generations 66.1 Tabakat-i-Nasiri 66.1 - **Language:** English ### [66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.66.1) hostile operations were directed against Muhammad, Khan of Samrkand, whom he defeated; and, subsequently, Sultan Sanjar fought sixteen different engagements on different frontiers of his territories, and came forth victorious from the whole of them. His reign extended over a long period of time; and public affairs went on in the highway of legality, and on the beaten track of equity and justice. The ordinances of the sacred law of Muhammad, and the canons of the faith of Islam, conformable with the Divine commands, acquired fresh vigour and newness. The countries of Khurasan, 'Irak, and Mawar-un-Nahr, became exceedingly populous and flourishing; and, at Baghdad, royal palaces were erected in his name. The viceroyalty, and the command of the troops of Baghdad, under the same conditions and provisions as those under which his forefathers had held these offices, indeed upon even more favourable terms, came into the possession of him, and of his representatives. - [Previous: 65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.65) - [Next: 66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.66.2) - [Up: 66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.66) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.66.1) · Pramāṇa