[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) › 120.2 # The Rashīdī History 120.2 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 120.2 - **Language:** English ### [120.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120.2) Although he was a brave and intelligent man, yet by denying himself everything, he amassed great wealth. He had gone in person to Khorasan to assist the Mirzas. When Shahi Beg Khan attacked Herat, he alone went out to oppose the advance of the Uzbeg army, and in the engagement which ensued, he was slain. He was succeeded, in Kandahar, by his son Shah Beg. \[As has been stated\] the Emperor sent an envoy to Shah Beg, saying: "Since the children of Mirza Sultan Husain have been extirpated, it is fitting that the gates of obedience and service should be opened, and at this time there is no one in the palace of our sovereignty, who is more worthy than yourself of occupying the highest post." But in spite of all the Emperor's assurances and promises, Shah Beg refused; for he had higher views of dignity than that of entering into a state of dependence. To be brief, this refusal led to an outbreak of hostilities. The Emperor marched to Kandahar, in the neighbourhood of which town a battle was fought, and that a very bloody one. Finally victory declared for the Emperor; the dust of flight filled the eyes of Shah Beg's men, and they were thrown into such confusion that they were unable to enter the fort of Kandahar. Thus, without baggage, they crept on towards Shal, and his good fortune was changed to desolation. So much treasure fell into the Emperor's hands, that \[the gold and jewels\] and Shahrukhi were divided among the army by the shieldful. - [Previous: 120.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120.1) - [Next: 120.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120.3) - [Up: 120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.120.2) · Pramāṇa