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Kandahar, Seestan, and the mountains of Soolleemany, Girwdn, and 

 Rynakan. The first Rahee mentioned, is Rahee Dewahey ; he was a 

 Rule of the powerful prince, possessing absolute authority over the 

 Rahees. territory of Sindh, as above-mentioned, and formed al- 



liances with many of the rulers in Hind; at his death, he was 

 succeeded by his son Rahee Siheersin ; he by his son Rahee Sahursee ; 

 and he by his son Rahee Siheersin the 2nd. During this reign, 

 the king of Persia, Ueem Roz, sent a force by the road of Kirman 

 to Mukran and Reech, which countries they laid waste, and Rahee 

 Siheersin, in trying to repel this invasion, was defeated, and he 

 himself killed by an arrow through the neck ; his troops fled to Alor, 

 and his son Rahee Sahee was seated upon the throne. During the 

 Rahee Sahee* s reign, the Brahmin Chuch, (who afterwards possessed 

 The Brahmin ^ e countr y> ana bequeathed it to his son,) made his 

 Chuch. appearance. It is related, that Rahee Sahee s minis- 



ter Ram Rao, was a man of such capability, and so well directed 

 the affairs of state, that the Rahee himself seldom interfered with them, 

 but passed the greatest part of his time in the sensual enjoyments of 

 his harem. Accident brought Ram Rao and the Brahmin Chuch 

 together ; the latter is described as having been a very talented and 

 eloquent man, well versed in all the learning of the Hindoos. Ram 

 Rao appreciating his abilities made him his deputy, and on one occa- 

 sion sent him on some affairs, which required the Rahee's attention, 

 to the door of the harem : the sanctity of ChucKs priestly office 

 admitted of his being allowed to enter the private apartments 

 without the formality of a curtain between him and its inmates, 

 and so great was his personal beauty, that the Ranee became 

 enamoured of him at first sight; she afterwards made Chuch ac- 

 quainted with her passion, but he declined her overtures, on the 

 score of his being a Brahmin, and as such, incapable of treachery to 

 the Rahee, whose confidence he had gained. But an opportunity soon 

 presented itself to the Ranee for the accomplishment of her designs. 

 The talents of Chuch had given him almost universal sway over the 

 affairs of government, and the minister Ram Rao was no longer 

 thought of; in the mean time the Rahee became dangerously ill, and 

 the Ranee formed a plot, by which, in the event of the Rahee s death, 

 Chuch should succeed to the throne of Sindh. She caused a proclama- 



