[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) › 86.5 # The Rashīdī History 86.5 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 86.5 - **Language:** English ### [86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86.5) "In short, Sultán Ahmad Mirzá repaired to Samarkand, Omar Shaikh Mirzá to Farghána, and Sultán Mahmud Khán to Tashkand. Yunus Khan also went to Tashkand, and his Holiness, following him, met him again there. I \[Muhammad Kazi\] have heard from my uncle, that one day in the assembly of his Holiness \[Nasiruddin Ubaidullah\] the conversation turned upon Sultan Mahmud Khan, and one of those present said: 'It is strange how proud this prince is of his own grandeur.' His Holiness replied: 'Proud as the Padishah may be, I will make him fill his skirt with earth \[khak\]; glory and grandeur belong to God alone. Hence how can even Sultan Mahmud Khan be proud.' It chanced that at that very moment the Khan came to pay his respects to his Holiness. It was prayer time, and his Holiness had risen for prayer. When prayers were about to begin, a censer was noticed in which were some embers. His Holiness said: 'Embers and censers, while prayer is proceeding, are abhorrent. Therefore the fire must be extinguished with some earth.' In spite of the number of people present, the Khan sprang up and, going outside, filled his skirt with earth, which having brought in, he sprinkled on the fire; this he repeated several times, until the fire was extinguished. And he begged of those present that they would allow him to perform, quite alone, this service of fetching the earth. After the Khan's departure all the companions of his Holiness expressed great wonder.' - [Previous: 86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86.4) - [Next: 86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86.6) - [Up: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.86.5) · Pramāṇa