96 Translation of the Toofut ul Kir am, [No. 158. 



fort opened the gates, and the Moslem army entered, and having erected 



The Moslem array a sort of P ul P U in the tem P le > performed the prayers 

 enter Alor. f Friday. They then took possession of the riches 



and property of every kind, and constituted Keiss the keeper of these. 

 In the beginning of the month Shawal after the settlement of all that 

 territory, they sent the head of Dahir with his daughters, the prisoners, 

 and the wealth with 40 horsemen accompanied by Keiss to the Khali- 



Dahir ruled for 33 fat capital. The period of the rule of Dahir was 33 

 mims 3 ,'^ l e ra years, and the whole time occupied by the dynasty 

 of the Brahmins was 92 years. 



It is related, that after the death of Dahir the men of Samah from the 

 neighbourhood of Thurri* having collected, came with tabours and 

 clarions and proffered their allegiance, and began to dance: Maha- 

 med Cassim asked who they were, and what they were doing. They 

 replied, " This is our custom, that when a Monarch is victorious, we 

 thus testify our joy." They returned. And the Bhattias, Lohanas, Sa- 

 hutahs, Jundurs, Machees, and Kurejurs\, introduced by Alii Maha- 



Tribes who a me ^ ^ n dbdul Rihman, came to pay their respects, 



homage to Bin Cas- with head and feet bare. After their pardon had been 

 sim. r 



pronounced, it was decreed that whenever any of the 



Mahomedans should come from the Capital of the Khalifs or go in that 



direction, these tribes should be their guides and be answerable for 



their safety. 



Then Mahamed Bin Cassim, with the sanction of Hijjaj, took to wife 

 the sister of Dahir, (whom the latter had married through fear of 

 losing his country,) and proceeded to acquire other territories. At this 



Sons of Dahir re- t * me at ^ e commencement of the year 94, it was 

 bel - announced that the sons of Dahir had possessed 



themselves of the fort of. " Sikundar" and had assumed indepen- 

 dence. Mahamed Cassim proceeded in that direction, and endea- 

 voured to reduce the fort ; after many engagements he took complete 

 possession, destroyed the temples, and laid the foundation of Mus- 

 jids, and directed certain punishments to be inflicted on the inha- 



* Thurr or Thulli the little desert separating Sindh from Cutch. 



f These last are Jhutts, the cultivators of the soil and rearers of cattle in contra- 

 distinction to the Beloochees who are foreigners; they are doubtless the aboriginal 

 Hindoos converted to Islamism. 



