[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) › 140.8 # The Rashīdī History 140.8 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 140.8 - **Language:** English ### [140.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140.8) When the Uzbeg drew near, they reconnoitred on all sides and found the enemy well fortified. As the Ustád says: "Life is like snow under the summer sun." The snow on the one flank, on which they had put reliance, thawed a few days later, and left a very broad way through the defile. This wide passage caused joy to \[the Uzbeg\] and depression to those wicked \[Moghuls\]. One morning the Uzbeg charged down upon \[the Moghuls\], who, when they saw them coming, threw themselves into the water . . . (Couplet) . . . Most of those wretches passed through the water to the flames of hell, some few escaped; and all those who had not reached the river, went to hell by way of the flashing scimitar. Those that survived were taken prisoners, and all the suffering that they had inflicted on the people in Hisár during a year, God Almighty now caused, by the hand of Ubaid Ullah Khán, to descend upon them in one hour . . . (Couplets) . . . All those that escaped the Hisár river and the glittering sword, went to the Khán in Andiján, in the condition that has been described, or rather, their condition would not be possible to describe. - [Previous: 140.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140.7) - [Next: 140.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140.9) - [Up: 140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.140.8) · Pramāṇa