[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) › 15 # The Rashīdī History 15: BEGINNING OF THE TARIKH-I-RASHIDI. The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 15 - **Language:** English ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.15) One day when Tughluk Timur Khan was feeding his dogs with swine's flesh, Shaikh Jamal-ud-Din was brought into his presence. The Khan said to the Shaikh : "Are you better than this dog or is the dog better than you?" The Shaikh replied : "If I have faith I am the better of the two, but if I have no faith this dog is better than I am." The Khan was much impressed by these words, and a great love for Islam took possession of his heart. Tughluk Timur Khan was the son of Isan Bugha Khan, son of Dava, son of Barak Khan, son of Kara Isun, son of Mutukan, son of Chaghatdi Khan, son of Chingiz Khan, son of Yusukai, son of Birtan, son of Kabal, son of Tumana, son of Baisanghar, son of Kaidu, son of Dutumanin, son of Buka, son of Burunjar Khan, son of Alankua Kurkluk (which means an immaculate woman). Of her the Prolegomena of the Zafar-Nama tells the following story : One day a brilliant light shone into her mouth, and thereupon she felt within her a kind of pregnancy — just in the way that Miriam, the daughter of Omran, became pregnant by means of the breath of Gabriel. And neither of these things is beyond the power of God. \[Verses.\] . . . The object of this book is not to tell such tales as these, but simply to point out that Burunjar Khan was born of his mother, without a father. All histories trace the genealogy of his mother, Alankua Kurkluk, back to Japhet son of Noah (upon them be peace), and detailed accounts of all her ancestors are given in these histories. But I have not accorded them a place in this one, for it would take too long; moreover, I have, in this work, limited my subject to events that took place after the conversion to Islam of the Moghuls, and have said nothing of their history previous to that time. - [Previous: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.14) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.15) · Pramāṇa