[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) › 222.4 # The Rashīdī History 222.4 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 222.4 - **Language:** English ### [222.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.4) Moreover, there is in Kashmir a lake called Ulur, the circumference of which is seven farsakhs. In the middle of this lake Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin, one of the Sultans of Kashmir, erected a palace. First of all he emptied a quantity of stones into the lake, \[at this spot\] and on these constructed a foundation \[or floor\] of closely-fitting stones, measuring two hundred square gaz in extent, and ten gaz in height. Hereupon he built a charming palace and planted pleasant groves of trees, so that there can be but few more agreeable places in the world. Finally, this same Sultán Zain-ul-Abidin built himself a palace in the town, which in the dialect of Kashmir is called Rájdan. It has twelve stories, some of which contain fifty rooms, halls, and corridors. The whole of this lofty structure is built of wood. \[Among\] the vast kiosks of the world are:—in Tabriz, the Hasht Bihisht Kiosk of Sultán Yakub; in Herat the Bágh-i-Khán, the Bágh-i-Safid, and the Bágh-i-Shahr; and in Samarkand the Kuk Sarai, the Ak Sarai, the Bagh-i-Dilkusha, and the Bagh-i-Buld. Though \[the Bajdan\] is more lofty and contains more rooms than all these, yet it has not their elegance and style. It is, nevertheless, a more wonderful structure. - [Previous: 222.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.3) - [Next: 222.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.5) - [Up: 222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.4) · Pramāṇa