[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) › 160.3 # The Rashīdī History 160.3 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 160.3 - **Language:** English ### [160.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160.3) He then detached a body of picked men and sent them off to reconnoitre at Kizil, with orders to bring back any news they might learn, so that he might form his plans accordingly. This body was under the command of Pir Ali Beg, the brother of Vali Beg, who has been alluded to already. On reaching Kizil, they found that a party of Moghuls were reconnoitring in the same district. Having ascertained his exact position, they fell upon Khwaja Ali Bahadur unexpectedly, the same night. The horsemen were sleeping soundly, when the din of giving and taking of blows, war cries, and trumpets startled them from their slumbers. \[Verses\] .... It was a pitch dark night — neither moon nor stars were visible — nor could friend be distinguished from enemy. \[Two couplets\] .... All who awoke were mad with confusion at the alarm, and were unable to collect their thoughts sufficiently to realise what was passing, so all fled in dismay, excepting Khwaja Ali Bahadur, who did not lose his presence of mind, but stood his ground firmly, and called out to his followers by name. All who heard his voice rallied to his side, till at length a good number were gathered round him, and they too began to call their war-cry loudly. Some of those who had been stupefied by the sudden awakening, now recovered their senses, and on listening attentively, heard the voices calling the war-cry. On this their courage was renewed, and they went and rejoined Khwaja Ali Bahadur. - [Previous: 160.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160.2) - [Next: 160.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160.4) - [Up: 160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.160.3) · Pramāṇa