[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) › 127.6 # The Rashīdī History 127.6 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 127.6 - **Language:** English ### [127.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127.6) you must be cheerful, and enjoy now the soul-stirring wine-cups of the spirit of youth. Be at your ease.' However much I insisted that it was but base deceit and a mean device to pollute the cup of martyrdom with \[earthly\] wine, \[my protestations\] were of no avail. Moreover, in conformity with the rules of good breeding \[ilm-i-muámili\] I was obliged to give in to his mode of thinking \[and with an unwilling heart I accepted his invitation\]. As the wine-cup was passed round, the rose-coloured liquor diffused itself over our cheeks, which had become yellow as saffron, from the jaundice-tainted order of the livid-souled Shahi Beg Khán, but now opened out like the red rose or the new-blown tulip. All that day was spent in wine drinking, \[and when night came on\] the feast adorning torches made the banquet hall bright as the day. \[The festivities had scarce recommenced\] when one of Jáni Beg Sultán's chamberlains named Alláh Birdi came in and placed a sorrow-bearing mandate in the hands of Khwája Ali Bahádur, who passed it on to me, saying: 'Read thy letter.' In it was written: 'The question of the release of Sultán Said Khán has been reconsidered, and found to be contrary to the orders of the Khán. - [Previous: 127.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127.5) - [Next: 127.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127.7) - [Up: 127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.127.6) · Pramāṇa