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He appointed Abdul Allah Sullimah to Mikran, and ordered Bazil that 

 when he arrived at Mikran, he should collect 3,000 men and ad- 

 vance on Sindh. Bazil arrived at the Fort of Neirun, and threatened 

 Diwal ; Dahir having learnt this, sent his son Jaisisih with a large force 

 to Diwal ; from noon to night they contended. Bazil, after the utmost 

 resistance, was killed, and many Moslems were captured. They say 

 B ttl D 1 *^ e g° vernor °f tne Fort of Neiruri*> who was named 

 and death of Ba^il. Samani, became terrified, and said to himself, "I 

 guard the pass of the Arab forces into this country, they (the Sindees) 

 have thus opened the road of revenge to the Arabs, it may not be that I 

 should be crushed between the parties (hereafter) :" accordingly he sent 

 a confidential agent to Hijjaj and proffered his obedience, and obtained 

 pardon. Amur Bin Abdullah said to Hijjaj, " Commit this momentous 

 business to me, and I will proceed to Sindh and Hind ;" but he was 

 refused. Hijjaj said, "I have consulted the astrologers, and they report 

 that Sindh and Hind will fall to* the hand of Mahomed Bin Cassim. In 



D . „ short, the period has now arrived for the setting of 



Bin Cassim pre- r ° 



ferred to the command the star of the unbelievers, and the ascendency 



of the Sindh Army. 



of the religion of the prophet in those countries ; 



this affair is more important than former undertakings, and must be 



intrusted to Bin Cassim." It shall soon be related from first to 



last. 



Here I proceed to relate the extraordinary birth connected with the 



L 4 „ T . . .. name of Jaisisih. They say the Rahi Dahir was 

 Story ot Jaisisih, J J 



son of Dahir. one day hunting, suddenly a tiger sprung from the 



jungle, Dahir stopped those who were running away, and himself pre- 

 pared to attack the beast. His wife at this time had been pregnant ten 

 months with Jaisisih, and being very fond of Dahir, and learning this 

 she cried out and swooned ; at length Dahir killed the tiger and re- 

 turned unhurt, but he found his wife dead : seeing the child moving in 

 her womb, he ordered her to be opened, and they brought out the 

 child ; and this name, which signifies " the hunter of tigers," was given 

 to him, and indeed when he became of years he was renowned for his 

 courage and intrepidity. 



* Neiremkote, site of the present capital Hyderabad ; this latter was founded by 

 Gholam Shah Kallnah. 



