[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) › 238.11 # The Rashīdī History 238.11 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 238.11 - **Language:** English ### [238.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.238.11) On the return of spring, seventy persons were sent with the horses, to a place called Utluk — a ravine \[maghara\] famous in all Tibet for the richness of its crops. I spent the interim in hunting the wild ass and the wild kutas, and then returned. On my departure, I had left Iskandar Sultan in Maryul with a body of men. When we had once again reassembled, the horses had grown fat and strong, but our men, unable to support the pressure of misfortune and trial, all at once dispersed and went off to Yarkand; only fifty of them stayed behind, the rest all fled. At this juncture Jan Ahmad Ataka, whom, two years previously (on my return from the Ursang expedition) I had sent to Rashid Sultan (as was mentioned), came back from Yarkand, bringing the orders that we were to stay no longer in Tibet. Hitherto my reason for lingering in Tibet had been, that if of my own choice I moved to some other place, I should be accused of breaking my engagement. He \[Rashid Sultan\], however, while outwardly pretending to be upright, had broken this engagement, which he had sworn to with the most solemn oaths, and now, disregarding every \[honourable\] consideration, ordered me to take flight. \[Verses\]. ... No sooner had Jan Ahmad Ataka delivered his message, than I set out for Badakhshan. - [Previous: 238.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.238.10) - [Next: 239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.1) - [Up: 238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.238) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.238.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.238.11) · Pramāṇa