[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) › 233.1 # The Rashīdī History 233.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 233.1 - **Language:** English ### [233.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.233.1) In short the Khan, having finally arranged the above-mentioned affairs, set out from Maryul in Tibet, for Yarkand. I attended him on his first stage, and then, with evil forebodings, took a touching and melancholy leave of him. \[Two couplets\].... Four days later I received a letter in the Khan's own handwriting, stating that he had crossed the pass of Sakri, and that the feelings of weakness which he apprehended, had not come over him. He had reached Nubra in safety and was camped there, intending to proceed towards Yarkand after the festival of the Sacrifice. \[Turkish quatrain.\] The last letter sent me from the Khan's \[camp\] was to the following effect: — Having celebrated the Festival of the Sacrifice, they set forth on their homeward road with all speed. When they had crossed the ice passes a grave change for the worse took place in the Khan's condition, from the effects of that hell-tainted air. From that place to a region where there was no dam-giri was eight days' journey. (I have already explained the symptoms of this malady, in my account of Tibet.) All the Amirs were agreed that both hurry and delay were to be feared. Still, they considered that a place where there was no dam-giri should be reached as quickly as possible, hoping that the Khan's natural strength would enable him to combat the violence of the malady, until such a spot should be attained. If they delayed any longer in a neighbourhood where dam-giri prevailed, his strength might not hold out. \[Couplet\] . - [Previous: 232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.232) - [Next: 233.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.233.2) - [Up: 233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.233) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.233.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.233.1) · Pramāṇa