86 Translation of the Too/at ul Kir am, [No. 158. 



Accounts of the arrangement and arrival of the Moslem army for the 



conquest of Sindh. 



In true histories it is related, that during the Khalifat of the chief of the 



Arrangement and true believers, Umur Bin Khotah, (God's approval 



^'a™"t M toX: be on him,) when O'sman Bin Has was appointed 



quest of Sindh. governorof Barin, who having arrived at Oman, sent 



some vessels properly equipped under Mughirah Bin Abut Has to Diwal ; 



at that time the brother of Chach, named Samarni Bin Salabij, was 



governor of the place ; he opposed the Mahomedans, and after a great 



deal of slaughter Mughirah Bin Abut Has was killed, with many others, 



also many prisoners were taken. Abu Mussa Ashghuri, who ruled in 



Mikran, reported this circumstance to the Khalif, 



of^tr^Ttempt and wished t0 *W X 1 SOme remedv > but was prohibited 



to subdue Sindh and f rom collecting troops ; again at the time of the Khal- 

 lifat of the chief of the believers, Ashman Bin 

 Hassan (may God's approval be towards him) Abdullah Bin Amir, 

 Bin Rubiahy became governor of Mikran, it was ordered that a confi- 

 dential agent should be sent to Sindh, to spy into and discover the 

 state of affairs. He sent Hakim Bin Hulliyah with directions to 

 make himself well informed of every thing and report thereon ; the 

 Hakim said, that the water was black, the fruits were sour and poison- 

 ous, the ground stony, and the earth saline. The Khalif asked, what 

 he thought of the inhabitants ; he replied, " They were faithless." Thus 

 the preparation of a force from that quarter (Mikram) was abandon- 

 ed. Then in the Khalifat of the chief of the # true believers, Alii, 

 a force passed from Mikram, and victorious and successful arrived 

 at the hill of Kag-Kaman, which is one of the boundaries of Sindh, 

 20,000 hill men opposed theirs ; the Moslem army calling on the Most 

 High, began the attack, the noise of the shouts terrified the enemy, 

 who cried for quarter, whilst others fled. From that time on occa- 

 sions of conflict, the Moslem noise of calling on the Most High is 

 heard in those hills. The news of the death of the Khalif arrived, 

 and any further advance was stopped. The force above mentioned 

 returned to Mikram. When Mohawiyah obtained sovereignty, he 

 Mohawiyah prepares appointed Abdullah Bin Sawad with 4,000 men 

 a force for Sindh. f or sindh ; by chance they arrived at the hill of 



Kag-Kaman, and were defeated by a large force of the unbelievers, 



