[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) › 133.1 # The Rashīdī History 133.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 133.1 - **Language:** English ### [133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.133.1) At the time of the devastation of Tashkand, my father's brother, Sayyid Muhammad Mirza (who is everywhere spoken of in this book as "my uncle" in an absolute sense), was in Tashkand, in the service of Sultan Mahmud Khan. When the Khans went to attack Andijan, they first of all easily subdued Kasan, and gave it to my uncle; they next proceeded to Akhsi, whither Shahi Beg Khan had also gone, and there a fight ensued, which has been already mentioned. On the news of Shahi Beg Khan's victory reaching my uncle, he left Kasan \[immediately\], and though he himself had not been defeated, he joined those who were flying into Moghulistan. When Sultan Mahmud Khan went into Moghulistan (as has been mentioned) my uncle remained with him until the death of Sultan Ahmad Khan. After this event (as has also been related) the Khan said to my uncle, in disparagement of Aksu and Moghulistan: "The position of towel-washer in Tashkand is better than that of king in Moghulistan." To which my uncle responded: "Verily, it is better if one is allowed to wash towels." The Khan was offended at these words, and some of those base men \[arazil\], whose manner it always is to slander good people behind their backs, strove to aggravate the Khan's anger to such a degree as to cause him to put my uncle to death, and succeeded in preventing any reconciliation ever being effected between the two. However, the Khan said: "He is too near a relation for me to take extreme measures with. - [Previous: 132.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.132.4) - [Next: 133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.133.2) - [Up: 133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.133) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.133.1) · Pramāṇa