88 Translation of the T oof ut ul Kir am > [No. 158, 



to abandon the project, and pass it by." Hijjaj continually repre- 

 sented, that by the permission of the Most High, and the protection 

 of the religion of the prophet, the infidels would soon be subdued, and 

 the prisoners of the faithful who, for so long a period had been con- 

 fined there, would be released, whilst the outlay for collecting an army 

 should be paid over and doubled by those who were its causes. The 

 Khalif being without option issued the order, and in the 92nd year of 

 the Hijera, Mahamed Bin Cassim, Bin Akib Sukfi, 

 JorfSSiTub- <=° usi » «* son-in-law of Hijjaj Yasaf, and 17 

 juration of Sindn m y ears \A made exertions, and they collected and 



the 92nd year H. J ' J 



sent with him 6,000 men from Sham and Irak. 



They arrived at Shiraz, where they made the necessary preparations. 



Hijjaj then sent five battering rams with the equipment for breaching 



forts, in boats, in the care of Mugheriah and Khizam, with a select 



party. Thus they arrived at the port of Diwal, where they afterwards 



joined him (Bin Cassim). In short, Bin Cassim with all his previous 



and present forces, mustered 6,000 horse and 6,000 camels (of the 



class known as " Buhhti)" to carry his baggage, and set out for Mik- 



ran, and Mahamed Harun, notwithstanding the infirmity of his health, 



accompanied him ; when they arrived at Mapilah, Harun by the decree 



of the Almighty died, and was buried there. They relate, that at that 



time Jaisisih the son of Dahir, was in the fort of Neirun, and wrote to 



his father the intelligence of the arrival of Bin Cassim : he consulted 



the Allafis ; they said, " The cousin of Hijjaj is coming with a large 



army, do not oppose him." Bin Cassim subdued Arman Bilah, and 



proceeded towards Diwal ; in the mean time Mugheriah and Khizan with 



their party had arrived at Diwal, where they joined him. Bin Cassim 



„. _ . threw a ditch round Diwal and encamped ; he wrote 



Bin Cassim invests r ' 



Diwal. intelligence of his arrival to Hijjaj. They say, that 



the news reached Hijjaj in seven days, for such was the swiftness of the 

 messengers, that the intelligence of seven days' date, from and to, was 

 daily received by each party. It is said, that in the fort of Diwal was a 

 temple (place of idols) 40 guz in height, and in it a dome 40 guz high, 



and on the top of the dome a silken flag with four 



The temple at Diwal , . 



is considered as a talis- ends. The infidels in fear and dismay made no pre- 



oTthe country™ * " paration to fight : after some days a brahmin came 



out from the fort and asked for safety ; he presented 



