[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) › [Tārīkh-i Fīrūzshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif) › [Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi of Shams-i Siraj 'Afif (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot) › 55 # The History of Fīrūz Shāh (ʿAfīf) 55: Eighteenth Mukaddama. — Invention of the Tas-i ghariyal (a clock or bell to tell the time). Táríkh-i Fíroz Sháhí of Shams-i Siráj 'Afíf (extracts) 55 - **Language:** English ### [55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot.55) Many wonderful things were invented by Sultan Firoz in the course of his reign, and among the most wonderful was the Tas-i ghariyal. \[Seven different uses of the Tas in marking time and making known the hours of prayer, etc.\] It was placed on the top of the darbar of the kushk in Firozabad, and people crowded to see it. - [Previous: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot.54) - [Next: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot.56) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif~en-elliot.55) · Pramāṇa