76 Translation of the T oof at ul Kir am, [No. 158. 



try, rendered memorable by the great conqueror's passage down the Indus. 

 As it is, we have a blank of nearly eleven centuries ; and we only know, 

 from the description herewith given of the extent of country tributary to 

 the Sindh Rajahs or Raids, that they were powerful princes, and that the 

 kingdom of Sindh possessed in their time a degree of importance which 

 declined after its subjugation by the Moslems, when it became dismem- 

 bered, and fell a constant prey to succeeding conquerors. 



From the period of the Mahomedans entering Sindh to the accession of 

 the present family of Talpur chiefs, the chronological order of its various 

 rulers may be thus briefly given, and the number of dynasties during a 

 period of about 1200 years, affords a curious instance of eastern revolutions. 

 From Bin Cassim downwards, Sindh has fallen to the arms of the great- 

 est conquerors of the East. 



Taken by the Khalif Walid. 



Beni Oomhae, H. 93 



Falls to the Abbasides, „ 133 



Subdued by Mahomed of Ghuzni, „ 416 



Tribe of Sumrahs usurped the authority, ... „ 446 



Invaded by Jengiz Khan, „ 610 



Tributary to Delhi, „ 694 



18 Jams of the tribe of Stimah, „ 752 



Conquered by Shah Beg Arghun, ,.. ... „ 927 



Divided between the Arghuns and Tirkhans, „ 950 

 Conquered by Akhbar under the Khan Kha- 



nam, and ceases to be independent, ... ,, 999 

 Invasion of Nadir Shah, and annexation to 



Persia, „ 1149 



Kalora Chiefs rule in Sindh, tributary to 



Cabul, „ 1166 



Kaloras overthrown by the Talpurs, ... A. D. 1779 



Talpurs cease to be tributary to Cabul, ... „ 1839* 



The downfall of the Kaloras during the time of Sir Afraz Khan (where 

 the manuscript ends,) and the rise of the present Talpur family, have been 

 so fully given elsewhere, that I do not annex the account to this transla- 



* To this list we may now add, " Conquered by Sir C. Napier, and annexed to British 

 India, by Lord Ellenborough,— A. D. 1843."— Eds. 



