[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) › 217.2 # The Rashīdī History 217.2 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 217.2 - **Language:** English ### [217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217.2) On the way he was so severely attacked by damgiri that for some days he was quite insensible, and his life was reduced to a breath. The doctors applied suppositories \[shayáf\] and used aperients, and whenever these took effect he became conscious for the moment, but soon again fainted away. To the nobles and courtiers he said: "Although my health is not strong enough to admit of my conducting a holy war, I shall not be wanting in intention. When I am deprived, as I certainly shall be, of the companionship of the living, it will only be to join the band of the departed. Perhaps I may die on the road. As long as there is a breath of life in me I will not abandon the war. When all life has gone out of me, you can do as you please." During this time he frequently asked after me, and used to say, with emotion and regret: "At the present moment I have no other desire than this \[seeing the author\], and I pray God that my life may be preserved until I meet him once more." He also repeated verses suited to his frame of mind: among them the following couplet. \[Verses\]. ... He constantly uttered such sentiments during his intervals of consciousness. - [Previous: 217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217.1) - [Next: 217.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217.3) - [Up: 217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.217.2) · Pramāṇa