[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) › 112.3.5 # The Rashīdī History 112.3.5 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 112.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [112.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3.5) One can imagine the extent of the Khan's joy at this meeting. Having made an end of weeping, \[the Khan\] asked the Khwaja where he had been and what had befallen him. The Khwaja replied : "They carried me off and kept my horse, and placed me in the house of one of my acquaintances. After a while a decrepit and frail old woman, who claimed a blood relationship with me, came to me secretly and began to heap reproaches on my head, saying : 'Some have been known to serve a Khan yet unborn, or an Amir still in his cradle, and to have reaped their reward ; yet you, with your lack of zeal, have deserted a great Khan, who is worthy of a throne and a crown, and in your sluggishness have debased yourself. Rise up: if you have not a horse, I have left mine tied up in such and such a place : take it and go!' Then my old enthusiasm, which seemed to have died within me, revived: I hastened out and went to the spot she had indicated, found the horse, and here I am." - [Previous: 112.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3.4) - [Next: 112.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3.6) - [Up: 112.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.112.3.5) · Pramāṇa