[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) › 8.1.1 # The Rashīdī History 8.1.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 8.1.1 - **Language:** English ### [8.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.1) Men from the regions near the Volga's mouth, Mixed with the rude, black archers of the South; Chiefs of the Uzbek race, Waving their heron crests with martial grace; Turkomans, countless as their flocks, led forth From th' aromatic pastures of the North; Wild warriors of the turquoise hills,—and those Who dwell beyond the everlasting snows Of Hindoo Kosh, in stormy freedom bred, .... — Veiled Prophet of Khorasan. In the foregoing Section, it has been found convenient to use the word Moghulistan for the region occupied by the descendants of the Mongols, subsequent to the time of Chaghatai Khan, though it has been necessary, when speaking of the people or their language from a racial point of view, to employ, occasionally, the terms Mongol and Mongolian rather than Moghul. The distinction may not be a very satisfactory one, and need not be carried farther than is absolutely needed to differentiate between the earlier racial attributes, and the later national, or political, aspects of the land and people. It is not easy, however, to distinguish, nominally, between the Mongols of Mongolia proper, before they spread to the westward under Chingiz Khan, and the same people when, at a later date, having separated from the land of their ancestors, they had come to close quarters with the Musulman inhabitants of the western states of Central Asia. - [Previous: 7.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.7.5.8) - [Next: 8.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.2) - [Up: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.1) · Pramāṇa