[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) › 239.5 # The Rashīdī History 239.5 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 239.5 - **Language:** English ### [239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.5) My party of twenty-seven, by the loss of these five, was thus reduced to twenty-two, and with these I went forward upon this \[strange\] road. A few of our horses had become useless from want of shoes. On the same day that we parted from Iskandar Sultán, towards midday prayer-time, we killed a wild kutás. With its skin we made coverings for the feet of our disabled horses: of its flesh we carried away as much as we were able, and even then there remained what would have been sufficient for a day or two. This was a favour bestowed upon us by the Giver of daily bread. We carried away as much as our beasts could bear, which amounted to about five days' provisions for the party. I suppose about a quarter of the kutás was lost: that is to say about that quantity remained behind. The crows and ravens, by their screams, gave a general invitation to the beasts of prey of the neighbourhood, and they celebrated a feast in company. We proceeded in this manner, guessing \[our way\]. On the next day we killed another kutás of a very large breed. \[Couplet.\] . . . - [Previous: 239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.4) - [Next: 239.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.6) - [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.239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.239.5) · Pramāṇa