[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) › 94.10 # The Rashīdī History 94.10 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 94.10 - **Language:** English ### [94.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94.10) Twice he failed and was obliged to retire, and in the year 950 he died (may God illumine his proof !) at the age of about sixty years. Except Yunus Khan, no other Khan of the Chaghatai line attained such an age. He ascended the throne, in the year 907, at the age of sixteen, and reigned forty-three years. No other Chaghatai Khan ever reigned as long as this. Nor did any of the Moghul Khans enjoy so long a life and reign. He adorned his days from the first to the last with blessings and charitable gifts. He passed the whole of his time in the study of the holy law, or the reading of the Koran. I have heard from his intimates that he used to spend about one-fifth of his time in directing the affairs of the State, and all the rest in perusal of the Koran \[tilavat\], prayer \[davat\], the prescribed prayers \[namaz\], and in reciting the names of God \[izkar\]. It would be hard to find any one among the Padishahs, or even among the most pious men \[ahl-i-suluk\], who disposed of their time better than he did. And in consequence of this he was blessed with a long life and earthly happiness, such as no one but he, of his line, has ever enjoyed. May God bless his heavenly life as he did his days upon earth ! Amen. Oh God of both worlds ! - [Previous: 94.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94.9) - [Next: 94.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94.11) - [Up: 94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.94.10) · Pramāṇa