[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) › 239.4 # The Rashīdī History 239.4 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 239.4 - **Language:** English ### [239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.4) When, after much hardship, we reached the spot where the untried road to Badakhshan branched off, Iskandar Sultan came to ask my permission to make his way to Rashid Sultan, saying: "Perhaps his brotherly affection will induce him to take pity on me, and cause him to heal the wounds which have hitherto cut him off from his relations." I replied: "Your brother is certainly not a man of his word, as his actions testify. Good faith is the first duty of a Musulman; but he is so entirely under the evil influence of Muhammadi, that you need never expect mercy at his hands." \[Quatrain\] . . . With such words did I attempt to dissuade him, but he, being worn out with the sufferings of the journey and the misfortunes in Tibet, shut his eyes to the path of reason, and was so persistent in his demands, that at last I gave him leave to go, sending four men to accompany him. - [Previous: 239.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.3) - [Next: 239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.5) - [Up: 239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.4) · Pramāṇa