[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Kashmir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir) › [Tārīkh-i Rashīdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi) › [The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross) › 108.3 # The Rashīdī History 108.3 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 108.3 - **Language:** English ### [108.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108.3) Such idle words and many more did he utter, and set on foot grand preparations for the marriage. The destruction \[vairan\] of Tashkand and Uratippa was in the season of Cancer, and this affair took place in the end of the season of the Balance. Meanwhile, news arrived of the invasion of Shahi Beg Khan, and all the adherents of Khusrau Shah fled in different directions. Those who possessed castles, fortified themselves in them, and those who had none, fled to the hills and the remote valleys and glens. No one troubled himself about his neighbour. As all Khusrau Shah's people were scattered in confusion, my father also took refuge in Karatigin, which is a country of mountain fastnesses. Among these mountains they encountered a very severe winter. It began to snow as soon as they arrived, and for one whole month the weather did not clear, so that the snow reached to a depth of twelve spans, and for those who had settled in the valleys, or lived in houses, there was no possibility of changing their abode. - [Previous: 108.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108.2) - [Next: 108.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108.4) - [Up: 108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.108.3) · Pramāṇa