Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s3.6

c7.s3.6

¹²² The son's name has not been given by any historian. Maulana Ahmad Thanēsrī was a pupil of Shaikh Nāsiruddīn Chirāgh-i-Delhi. In 'Abdul Haqq Dehlvī's *Akhbār-ul-Akhyār* he is said to have been a great literary figure. He was an Arabic poet and his *Qasida-i-Daliya* is recognized as a classic. He was in Delhi when Tīmūr besieged it and was taken prisoner but afterwards released. He died in 820 H and lies buried at Kalpi. Houtsma, *E.I.*, IV, 738.