[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) › 18.2 # The Rashīdī History 18.2 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 18.2 - **Language:** English ### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.2) On a certain Friday, after the prayers, he preached to the people and said: "I have already, on many occasions, preached to you and given you good counsel, but no one of you has listened to me. It has now been revealed to me that God has sent down a great calamity on this town. A Divine ordinance permits me to escape and save myself from this disaster. This is the last sermon I shall preach to you. I take my leave of you, and remind you that our next meeting will be on the day of resurrection." Having said this, the Shaikh came down from the pulpit. The Muazzin \[crier to prayer\] followed him and begged that he might be allowed to accompany him. The Shaikh said he might do so. When they had journeyed three farsakhs they halted, and the Muazzin asked permission to return to the town to attend to some business, saying he would come back again immediately. As he was passing the mosque, he said to himself: "For a last time, I will just go and call out the evening prayer." So he ascended the minaret and called the evening prayer. As he was doing so, he noticed that something was raining down from the sky; it was like snow, but dry. He finished his "call," and then stood praying for a while. Then he descended, but found that the door of the minaret was blocked, and he could not get out. So he again ascended and, looking round, discovered that it was raining sand, and to such a degree that the whole town was covered; - [Previous: 18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.1) - [Next: 18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.3) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.2) · Pramāṇa