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latter being sent to the more important command of Burhamanabad. 



The Mahomedans began to suffer much from want of supplies, but 



after a short siege, the governor Sumnee surren- 

 Takes Neirunkote. dered ^ keyg rf the fort Qn conditi(m of quarter 



to the garrison. Bin Cassim entered the fort, destroyed the temples, 

 built musjeeds and minarets in their stead, and appointed keepers and 

 mouzzins to the same ; he left magistrates to preserve his authority at 

 Neirunkote, and taking the governor Sumnee with him, proceeded 

 onwards. This last wrote to the governor of the fort of Moostan, 

 Bucherim Chunder, advising him to submit to the invaders, as they 

 were too powerful to oppose. Bucherim's fidelity however was un- 

 shaken, but after a week's siege, he was obliged to abandon the 

 M t ^ ort ' an( * ^ ee t0 Seem,) of which place Boodek was 



governor. Bin Cassim took possession of the fort 

 of Moostan, and having made arrangements for its government, pro- 

 ceeded to Seem, where he found Bucherim Chunder and Boodeh 

 prepared to oppose him. The infidels failed in a night attack upon 

 the camp of the Faithful ; and Kakeh, BoodeKs father, foreseeing that 

 the time was arrived when the country of Sindh must submit to 

 the Mahomedan arms, came to Bin Cassim to intreat for quarter for 

 his son, and the whole garrison of Seem — it was granted. Bin Cassim 

 took possession of Seem, and leaving Abdool Mulk to settle the affairs 

 of that place, pursued his march, daily adding fresh conquests to the 

 arms of the Faithful ; he took the forts of Buhultoor, Kundabuh, {? 

 Gundava,) and Mussaloj, from all of which he exacted tribute, leaving 

 troops to retain the new possessions thus acquired. At this time a 



rT ... . „. letter reached Bin Cassim from Hijjaj, ordering hii 



Hijjaj urges Bin JJ u ° 



Cassim to attack to Neirunkote, to cross the river, and prepare t( 

 expel the Rajah Dahir from the capital of the 

 country Alor. The large and powerful tribe of Chuch proffered 

 obedience to Bin Cassim ; it is also related that they embraced 

 Islamism, and were the first inhabitants of Sindh who did so. In 

 obedience to the instructions of Hijjaj, Bin Cassim proceeded to the 

 fort of Rawur, which he summoned to surrender ; the governor Mokeh 

 Bin Bussayeh made a feint to resist, being afraid of the wrath of 

 Dahir, but ultimately surrendered the fort, and with the garrison 

 promised obedience to Bin Cassim. 



