[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) › 214.1 # The Rashīdī History 214.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 214.1 - **Language:** English ### [214.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.214.1) Their men of learning \[Ulama\] are, as a body, called Lamas. But they have different names, in proportion to the extent of their learning. Just as we say "Imam and Mujtahid," they say "Tunkana and Kahjavár." I had much conversation with them with the help of an interpreter. But when it came to nice distinctions, the interpreter was at a loss both to understand and to explain, so that the conversation was incomplete. Of their tenets and rites, however, I was able to discover the following particulars: - [Previous: 213.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.213.5) - [Next: 214.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.214.2) - [Up: 214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.214) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.214.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.214.1) · Pramāṇa