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CHAPTER III. 



Dahir alarmed at the successes which attend Bin Cassim, exerts himself to 

 prevent his crossing the Meheran — the Mahomedans suffer from famine — 

 Dahir offers terms — not accepted — Hijjaj sends horses and supplies to Bin 

 Cassim, who passes the river — Dahir's consternation — comes out from Alor 

 with a large army — account of his death, and the defeat of his forces — 

 the Mahomedans enter the capital Alor. 



The successes which attended the army of Bin Cassim, began to 

 Dahir ala-med at terr *fy tfte Rajah Dahir for the safety of his capital 



the successes of Bin an d dominions, and he foresaw that if the Ma- 

 Cassim. 



homedans effected the passage of the river, the fate 



of his sovereignty was sealed. He collected an army of the Koordans, 

 Opposes the passage and arriving at the opposite bank, employed him- 

 ot the Mehran. ge j f Jn b struct i n g tne passage of Bin Cassim ; 



this duty he afterwards delegated to Jah Humeen, and he himself 

 returned to Alor. Jah Humeen performed his part so well, aided 

 by the Rajah's son, Jaisch, (who cut off the supplies of the Ma- 

 homedans,) that these latter began to suffer all the misery and 

 Bin Cassim's army horrors of a famine ; they were driven to slay their 

 suffers from famine. own horses for food ; coupled with this, Chund Ram 

 Haleh, the former governor of Secoostan, heading some insurgents, 

 seized that fort from a small party of horse, who were left to govern its 

 garrison. Bin Cassim, however, immediately dispatched Muzhub 

 Bin Abdul with 1000 horse and 2000 infantry, who regained the 

 fort, and took Chund Ram prisoner. Dahir thinking these mis- 

 Dahir offers terms, fortunes would soon dispirit the Moslems, wrote 

 but not accepted. to Bin Cassim, assuring him, that if he wished 

 to withdraw his forces, he might do so in security ; the latter 

 answered, that he had no intention of retiring, until he had taken 

 the capital Alor, and subjected Sindh and its dependencies to 

 the Mahomedan rule. The intelligence of the difficulties encoun- 

 tered by Bin Cassim, and the loss of the passes, reaching Hijjaj, 

 Hijjaj finds supplies he dispatched 1,000 others, with fresh supplies to 

 horses * Bin Cassim, urging him to lose no time in crossing 



the river, as the overthrow of Dahir was the first and most important 

 step ; on receiving this, Bin Cassim proceeded to Juhum, where with 



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