274 Of the early History of Sindh. [No. 112. 



Sullahudeen retreated but was pursued, and his troops overthrown ; 

 His defeat and ms son ' Hybut Khan , being killed. This affliction 



eleatn - rendered the father desperate, and he also met his 



death in the same campaign, in an attack upon the Moghuls. 



At this time Sooltan Mahmoud Khan, governor of Bukkur, wrote 

 to Shah Bey, who had taken up his residence at Baghbanan, that the 

 Revolt of the tribe of Dhareejas were in a state of rebellion, re- 



areejas. fusing to pay their taxes, and ill-treating the servants 



of Shah Beg, who were sent to collect them ; and that but for the 

 fidelity of the Syuds, who had assisted Mahmoud Khan in repelling their 

 attacks, Bukkur must have fallen into the power of those insurgents. 



Shah Beg on hearing this, came himself to the neighbourhood of 

 Bukkur, where he ordered the Dareejas to be punished. 



Mahmoud Khan with the cruelty for which he was remarkable, cut off 



Punishment of the heads of about 50 of these people and threw them 



from the walls of the fort, as a warning to the others. 



The Syuds, who for many years possessed great power in Bukkur, 

 excited the jealousy of Shah Beg. He removed them from the fort of 

 Drives the Syuds Bukkur to a place outside the walls, called Lohurry. 

 from Bukkur. Shah Beg himself vigited the fort? and directed a 



wall to be erected round it, with bricks from the ruins of Alor. 

 The buildings in the vicinity of Bukkur belonging to the Turks and 

 men of Soommah he also destroyed, employing the materials for the 

 same purpose. At that time the fort was surrounded by water. 



Having settled the affairs of Bukkur, Shah Beg turned his attention 



to the tribe of Beeloochees, who were in rebellion ; this he quelled by a 



Massacre of the general slaughter of the tribe wherever they could 



be found. In forty-two towns and villages these 



people were put to the sword. 



Shah Beg after this contemplated extending his power to Goojrat; 

 but hearing that Baber Shah had occupied Kooshab, intending to con- 

 quer Hindostan, lie became thoughtful, and assured his followers that 

 he was convinced, Baber Shah would not let him retain the conquest 

 of Sindh, but would drive him and his family from all their posses- 

 sions. A settled melancholy took possession of Shah Beg, and on the 



Death of Shah Beg 28th of the month Shuban, in the year 928 h. 1521 



Urghoon, 928 h. , *\ 



1521 a. d. a. d. he died, after a stormy reign in Sindh of two 



