[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) › 139.1 # The Rashīdī History 139.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 139.1 - **Language:** English ### [139.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.139.1) One of the obligations I have imposed on myself in writing this Epitome \[mukhtasar\] is, that what I have heard from other people and on good authority, I would briefly rehearse, when it was of importance; but what I have not witnessed myself, I would not dwell on too long, for fear of exaggeration, which I desire to avoid. But what I have witnessed or taken part in, that I have written as personal experience. I have divided the strange life, the evil deeds, and the depraved conduct of Mirza Aba Bakr into three sections. Firstly, what I have heard from others and from trustworthy reports : this I have stated briefly ; secondly, what I have myself seen or heard \[directly\], but which I could not bring myself to relate ; and thirdly, what I have myself witnessed, and have written down in this Epitome. But this is only as one in a thousand incidents — a little out of many — a long story cut short. Heaven forbid that any reader of these pages should accuse me of exaggeration or of slander. If I had deemed it permissible to depass the limits \[of truth\] in any way, I should not have said anything about Mirzā Abā Bakr, for he was my uncle. But if I were to omit his history, all other facts connected with him would be obscure and incomprehensible. It is my duty both to shun exaggeration and to avoid omissions. The truth is that for more than forty years Mirzā Abā Bakr ruled supreme. - [Previous: 138.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.138.6) - [Next: 139.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.139.2) - [Up: 139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.139) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.139.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.139.1) · Pramāṇa