1838.] from the Muhammadan historians . 309 



were before employed to collect the revenue were still retained in their 

 several capacities, and the men of Summah, which were in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Mihuri, having collected, came with music and singing to 

 pay homage to Bin Kassim*. He asked who they were ; the brahmins 

 replied, " These are inhabitants of the desert, whose custom it is thus to 

 shew respect to their governor." Bin Kassim settled their tribute, and 

 dismissed them. The men of Lohana, Suhuteh, Judrunai, Haleh 

 and Kiirijeh, directed by Ali Bin Mahommed Bin Abdu'l Ruhnai' 

 Sullati, with head and feet bare, came to offer service to Bin 

 Kassim, craving pardon, and seeking protection, which Bin Kassim 

 promised them, directing, that their future service should be to act as 

 guards to such followers of the prophet, as should travel to and from 

 Eagdad and Alor, 



Story of the death of Bin Kassim. 

 From amongst the prisoners captured at Alor, two daughters of the 

 king Da'hir, were sent in charge of Mahommed Bin Alli Intu- 

 manf, with some Habshis to Bagdad ; the Khalif sent these two 

 women to his harem, consigning them to the care of his people until 

 their grief should be assuaged, so that when they were relieved 

 from the distress of travel, they should be ready for his (the Khalif's) 

 service. After two months, these women were brought to the presence 

 of the Khalif, an interpreter being present ; when they raised the veils 

 from their faces, the Khalif was smitten with their beauty, and asked 

 their names ; one was called Girpul Deo, the other Su'ruj Deo, The 

 Khalif ordered one to his own bed ; she said, " Oh my lord, I am not fit 

 for the king's service, we have both for three days been with Bin Kas- 

 sim, who after dishonouring us, sent us here." The interpreters explained 

 this to the king. The king was highly incensed, and directed that his 

 servants should seize Bin Kassim, sew him up in a cow-hide, and send 

 him to Sham ; afterwards to enforce this order, he wrote in the margin 

 of the letter with his own hand directing that in nowise should it be 

 disobeyed. At that time Bin Kassim was at Hudapur, and when 

 he received the order of the Khalif, after reading it, he directed the 

 messengers to do as they were directed. They obeyed the order, cover- 

 ing Bin Kassim with a raw cow-hide : after enduring the torture for 

 3 days he died. They then put his body into a box, and conveyed it 



of this as well as other cities and divisions of the ancient country of Sindh 

 see Art. on Sindh by Captain McMurdo, Journ. Royal As. Soc. No. II. 

 November, 1834. 



* Beluchi (?) tribes who paid homage to Bin Kassim. 



