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dominions were prosperous, and his sovereignty firmly established ; he 

 made a tour to the East as far as Cashmeer, upon the boundaries of 

 which country he planted two trees as memorials of his journey. The 

 flourishing state of the country, and the growing power of Dahir, 

 excited the envy of the Rajahs of Hind, and they instigated and sup- 

 ported Runmul, governor of Kunooj, in collecting a large force to 

 descend upon Sindh. Runmul marched to the neighbourhood of Alor ; 

 Dahir called in the assistance of Arab mercenaries, and sought advice 

 as to the best method of repelling the invasion, from Mahamed Ullafee, 

 who directed him to dig a ditch in front of his army, one furlong in 

 length, and to cover it over with grass, &e. Mahomed Ullafee at the 

 head of about 5000 men, Arabs and Sindians, made a night attack upon 

 the enemy's camp, then feigning a retreat, led them to the ditch, into 

 which they fell, and were for the greatest part slaughtered ; he took 

 many prisoners, (80,000 men and 50 elephants.) After this victory the 

 power of Dahir was more than ever firmly established ; he ruled 

 with pride and prosperity for twenty-five years, when his kingdom 

 began to decline. 



CHAPTER II. 



Reason of sending the army of the Faithful to Sindh — Buzeel killed — Bin 

 Cassim appointed to command the army — arrives at Deebul — takes that 

 place as well as Nierunkote — the governor of Moostan surrenders — Hijjaj 

 Bin Sookufie urges Bin Cassim to attack Alor — the tribe of Ckunch proffers 

 their allegiance — the fort of Rawur taken. 



The king of Ceylon, Serundeep, sent some servants to the Khalifoi 

 tiiT^m S of d thf Ba 9 dad > (Ahdool MulkJ with presents of female 

 Faithful to Sindh. slaves, and other merchandize ; the boat which con- 

 veyed them, was driven into the port of Deebul, (now called Tattah 

 and Lahuny,) where they were attacked and robbed by a predatory 

 tribe, (the Nukamrehs,) some were killed, the rest imprisoned. When 

 the news of this outrage reached Hijjaj Bin Yusuf Soohufie, minister 

 of Abdool Mulk, he instigated that prince to send an army to Sindh, 

 to retaliate upon the infidels, and to release the faithful ; at the same 

 time he wrote a letter to the Rajah Dahir, for some explanation of 

 the circumstances. Dahir disclaimed any participation in the affair, 



