[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) › 18.4 # The Rashīdī History 18.4 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 18.4 - **Language:** English ### [18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.4) In short, the Shaikh finally came to Bái Kul, which is in the vicinity of Aksu. At that time Tughluk Timur Khan was in Aksu. When he had first been brought there he was sixteen years of age. He was eighteen when he first met the Shaikh, and he met him in the following way. The Khan had organised a hunting-party, and had promulgated an order that no one should absent himself from the hunt. It was, however, remarked that some persons were seated in a retired spot. The Khán sent to fetch these people, and they were seized, bound and brought before him, inasmuch as they had transgressed the commands of the Khán, and had not presented themselves at the hunt. The Khan asked them: "Why have you disobeyed my commands?" The Shaikh replied: "We are strangers, who have fled from the ruined town of Katak. We know nothing about the hunt nor the ordinances of the hunt, and therefore we have not transgressed your orders." So the Khan ordered his men to set the Tájik free. He was, at that time, feeding some dogs with swine's flesh, and he asked the Shaikh angrily: "Are you better than this dog, or is the dog better than you?" The Shaikh replied: "If I have faith I am better than this dog; but if I have no faith, this dog is better than I am." On hearing these words, the Khán retired and sent one of his men, saying: "Go and place that Tájik upon your own horse, with all due respect, and bring him here to me." - [Previous: 18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.3) - [Next: 18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.5) - [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.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.18.4) · Pramāṇa