[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) › 8.3.1 # The Rashīdī History 8.3.1 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 8.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [8.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.3.1) Amir Khusru, the poet of mediaeval India, draws—or perhaps overdraws—a picture of the Moghuls who invaded Northern India towards the end of the thirteenth century, in a manner which leaves no doubt that he is attempting to describe a Mongoloid race. He had previously fallen into their hands as a prisoner, and, according to his own account, had been badly treated by them; as he was no doubt burning with dread and resentment, his description must be taken to be somewhat tinged by his feelings. However, omitting some offensive details, he writes thus: "There were more than a thousand Tatar infidels and warriors of other tribes, riding on camels, great commanders in battle, all with steel-like bodies clothed in cotton; with faces like fire, with caps of sheepskin, with heads shorn. Their eyes were so narrow and piercing that they might have bored a hole in a brazen vessel . . . Their faces were set on their bodies as if they had no neck. Their cheeks resembled soft leathern bottles, full of wrinkles and knots. Their noses extended from cheek to cheek, and their mouths from cheek bone to cheek bone. . . . Their moustaches were of extravagant length. They had but scanty beards about their chins. . . . - [Previous: 8.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.2.8) - [Next: 8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.3.2) - [Up: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.8.3.1) · Pramāṇa