The Rashīdī History 3.2.5

3.2.5

The second Part, which has more than twice the extent of the first, and contains Mirza Haidar's record of his life and times, was the first in point of date. The author wrote it in 1541-42, and, as he states in the Prologue, with a view to preparing himself for the more arduous task of historical composition. It begins with his birth and concludes with an account of his second invasion of Kashmir, when, by a battle fought on the 2nd August, 1541, he became master of the country. This Part includes also some rules of conduct for kings, drawn up at the request of the author, by his spiritual guide, Maulana Muhammad Kazi, whose death, in 1515, is recorded in the preceding passage; while another moral treatise by a holy Shaikh, Shahab-ud-Din Mahmud, styled Khwaja Nura, is inserted in full.