[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) › 37.10 # The Rashīdī History 37.10 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 37.10 - **Language:** English ### [37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37.10) After this defeat, the princes retired to Kesh. All the chiefs of tribes began to cross the Jihun with their people. Amir Husain said to Amir Timur: "It would be expedient for you to cross the river with your household and troops " ; but Timur replied, " Others may cross if they like, but as for me, my patriotism will not permit me to leave my country to the molestation of foreigners. I will again collect an army and attack the enemy." Amir Husain then left him and retired to Sáli-Sarái ; then he made all his people cross the Jihun, and taking an out-of-the-way route, he reached a place called Shibartu, where he halted. From that place he despatched bides, intending, if these brought news of the approach of the army of Jatah, to take flight at once towards Hindustán. As soon as Amir Husain had departed from Kesh, Amir Timur turned his mind to preparations for meeting the enemy. He mustered twelve regiments and sent forward eight of them, under the command of Timur Khwája Oghlán, Charuchi, and Abbás Bahádur, to reconnoitre the country round Samarkand. But on the way Gharuchi took to drinking much wine, and the liquor made a strong impression on him: as has been said \[Arabic\]: Wine is like the wind: When it passes over a perfume, it becomes fragrant: but becomes tainted when it passes over a corpse. - [Previous: 37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37.9) - [Next: 37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37.11) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.37.10) · Pramāṇa