[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) › 187.2 # The Rashīdī History 187.2 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 187.2 - **Language:** English ### [187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187.2) In the same way, some of the towns in Moghulistan are mentioned by name and described, in standard works. Among them is Balá-Sákun, which in the Suvar-i-Aklám is reckoned among the cities of Khitái, and called 'Khán Báligh'; while in Moghulistan and Kará Khitai they have written the same 'Balá Sákun.' They have applied the name to no other city. In books of repute and histories, Bala-Sakun is said to have been one of the cities built by Afrasiab, and \[the authors\] have praised it very highly. In the Mujmal-u'l-Tawarikh it is written: "Bala-Sakun, until the time of the Kara Khitai, was under the rule of the offspring \[and descendants\] of Afrasiab. The Gur Khan of Kara Khitai took it from one of these descendants, Ilak Khan, and made it his own capital. For ninety-five years Bala-Sakun remained the capital of Kara Khitai, and all the countries on this side of the Jihun — that is, to the east of it — carried tribute to Bala-Sakun. The Moghuls call Bala-Sakun, 'Ghur-baligh.' The author of the Surah-ul-Lughat, in his Supplement, says that his father was one of the traditionists \[háfiz\] of Bala-Sakun. He gives, in this Supplement, the names of eminent men \[afázil\] of every town. In Samarkand he reckons fewer than ten. But in Balá-Sakun he mentions the names of a great number of learned and notable persons, and quotes traditions concerning some of them. - [Previous: 187.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187.1) - [Next: 187.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187.3) - [Up: 187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.187.2) · Pramāṇa