[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) › 30.1 # The Rashīdī History 30.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 30.1 - **Language:** English ### [30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.30.1) Amir Timur ordered Amir Musa, Amir Muayid Arlat and Uchkara Bahadur, with a force of 500 picked men, to wait for the enemy near the Stone Bridge, while he himself, with 1500 men, swam the river at midnight and took up his position on the mountains. On the following day, the sentinels of the enemy saw, by their footprints, that they had crossed the river during the night; and they were very much perturbed in consequence. When night set in, Amir Timur commanded his soldiers to light a great number of fires on the summits of the highest of the mountains; and at the sight of these fires the enemy were seized with fear and terror, so that they lost heart and fled. Thus did God, without the trouble of a battle, scatter this numerous army, which was in the proportion of ten warriors to one of their opponents. "Verily God giveth the victory to whomsoever He will." The enemy being thrown into flight and confusion, Amir Timur rushed down the mountain with his army, like a raging lion or a mighty boiling torrent, and pursued them as far as Gujarat—falling upon them with his life-taking sword and his soul-biting lance, till the road was covered with the heaps of their slain. In this place he halted, victorious and happy, while Amir Husain with the rest of the army continued the pursuit. This victory helped to spread the fame of Amir Timur and much encouraged his troops. - [Previous: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.29) - [Next: 30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.30.2) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.30.1) · Pramāṇa