[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) › 88 # The Nāṣirī Generations 88: V. THE ATA-BAK, ABU-BIKR, SON OF SA’D. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 88 - **Language:** English ### [88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.88) The Ata-bak, Abu-Bikr, is a great monarch, and he has brought under his sway the territories of Pars. When the Ata-bak, Sa’d, was sent back again to ascend the throne of Pars by Sultan Muhammad, Khwarazm Shah, under the agreement that one half the territory of Pars should remain in the possession of Sa’d, and the other half be held by the Sultan, the latter despatched \[a body of troops\] along with the Ata-bak, Sa’d, under the Amir-i-Haji, Ikhtiyar-ul-Mulk, Nishapuri, to enable Sa’d to re-possess himself of that half. The Ata-bak, Abu-Bikr, and his two brothers, Tahamtan and Sankur Shah, with the troops of Pars, advanced against their father, determined that they would not give up their dominions into the hands of their enemies. When the battle on both sides had been duly ordered, the Ata-bak, Sa’d, issued from the ranks of his forces, while his son, the Ata-bak, Abu-Bikr, came forth from the ranks of the troops of Pars to encounter his father. Sa’d struck and wounded his son in the face with his sword, \[and, seeing this,\] the ranks of the Parsi army gave way. Sa’d took his son, Abu-Bikr, prisoner, and put him in confinement. When Sa’d departed this life, they brought forth Abu-Bikr from his place of confinement, and raised him to the throne of Pars; and he brought under his rule the territories of his father, and his grandfather, and chastised his enemies. After some time, he sent an army towards the sea \[of Pars\], and took the capital of the country of Kish, \[together with\] Bahrain and Hurmuz. He also despatched one of his brothers to the infidel Mughals, and entered into a treaty of peace with that race. He engaged to pay tribute and revenue to them, and brought reproach and dishonour upon himself by becoming a tributary of the infidels of Chin, and became hostile to the Dar-ul-Khilafat. Up to the time this history was written, affairs are in this state. May the Almighty God continue the Sultan of the Sultans of Islam, and the great nobles and lords of his Court, in sovereignty, and in rendering bounden duty to the Dar-ul-Khilafat, and the house of ’Abbas, for the sake of Muhammad, his family, and the whole of his companions and friends! - [Previous: 87.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.87.4) - [Next: 89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.89) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.88) · Pramāṇa