[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) › 62.3 # The Rashīdī History 62.3 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 62.3 - **Language:** English ### [62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62.3) When the Amir advanced against Kashghar for the third year in succession, the people of that country addressed a complaint to Khwaja Sharif, saying: "We have lost the crops of two successive years; if we lose this year's crop too, there will be a famine in our country." On the Amir's arrival in Kashghar, the people of that town, having bound Pir Muhammad Barlas, gave him up to the Amir. The Amir thereupon divested Pir Muhammad Barlas of his mantle of life, and entered the town of Kashghar, where he administered justice to the people. He governed the country during twenty-four years; and under him the State was so prosperous and happy, that he is talked of to this day. During all this time, the Amir paid so much attention to agriculture and the breeding of cattle and sheep, that when he died, leaving three sons and two daughters, one of his sons, Muhammad Haidar Mirza, my grandfather, received as his share 180,000 sheep. I once heard from Khwaja Fakhruddin, a merchant of noble birth and pleasant of speech, that the Amir occupied himself with hunting during three months every winter. No one but soldiers were allowed to take part in the royal hunt. But as many soldiers as the Amir was able to provide for, used to join in the party, and during those three months, each one was supplied with meat and flour, which was distributed to them at the different halting-places \[manzil\]. - [Previous: 62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62.2) - [Next: 62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62.4) - [Up: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.62.3) · Pramāṇa