[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) › 8.1.7 # The Rashīdī History 8.1.7 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 8.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [8.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.7) Unfortunately he does not, in this instance, give any clue to the meaning of the word, and neither Turki dictionaries nor the transliterated Mongol dictionaries (as far as I am able to use them) throw any light upon it. Indeed, I know of nothing to point to the word being a term of depreciation, except the inference to be drawn from this one statement of Mirza Haidar's; but, taking into consideration the connection in which he introduces it, and the common practice over the greater part of Asia, of one nation calling another by a reproachful nickname, this single instance is probably sufficient. The name, under one variant or another, has been found by translators in several Oriental works, and appears in many cases to be applied to a tribe or community: thus Quatremere cites the Tarikh-i-Wassaf to the effect that the army of the "Karawanas" resembled monkeys rather than men, but that they were the bravest "among the Mongols"; also Mirkhwand, who is represented as describing them in precisely the same way; Rashid-ud-Din, who also speaks of their bravery; and several others who, however, only make mention of the name. Not one of these authors assists us in assigning a meaning to the word, or in tracing the origin of its application to the Chaghatais as a people. None of them do more than represent the Karawanas to have been a sub-tribe of Mongols who entered Khorasan and Persia under Hulaku, or very shortly after him. - [Previous: 8.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.6) - [Next: 8.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.2.1) - [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.8.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.1.7) · Pramāṇa