The Rashīdī History 217.3

217.3

It is strange that in spite of the severity of this malady, one never desires to stay in one place [for any length of time]. Indeed, so excessive is the cold, and so great the scarcity of water and corn, that supposing one to make a halt, it would only aggravate the disease. The cure is to do one's best to reach some place where dam-giri is less prevalent. Whenever the Khan reached such a place he recovered consciousness.