1845."| a History of Sindh. 167 



The Sumahs over- ment, but being a tyrant, the tribe of Sumah over- 

 threw the Sumrahs. threw him, which will be mentioned in the course 

 of the history of that tribe. Oomur Sumrah founded the fort of 

 Oomur Kot; Dilu Rahi, son of Dilu Rahi before-mentioned, governor 

 of Dilu, was a tyrant and given to infamous practices : to his tyranny 

 and oppression is ascribed the destruction of Alor. 



Account of the destruction of the City of Alor. 

 It was a custom of that unjust tyrant to take half the property of 

 every merchant who arrived from Hind as duty 



UofS? flor? through and tax > and he seized the wives of the inhabitants, 

 the tyranny of Dilu A wealthy and influential merchant who had the 



Rahi. 



title of Seif-ul-Mulk, and a few other princes 



with him dressed as merchants, but who were on pilgrimage to Mecca, 

 being ignorant of that villain's proceedings, entered his capital : the 

 merchant had with him a beautiful woman named Budeh-al-Jumal ; 

 at that time the river Mihran ran close to Alor. Hearing of the 

 beauty of Budeh-al-Jumal, Dilu Rahi became anxious to possess her, 

 and wished to arrest the merchant under the pretence of his intending 

 to smuggle his goods. The unfortunate merchant for three days tried to 

 persuade the tyrant, and vented his complaints mightily to the Most 

 High ; and as the supplications of the afflicted are accepted, he was 

 inspired with a dream, that in the morning he should conceal himself, 

 and taking a party of stone-cutters famous as Firhad, and having 

 bribed them well, during the following night cut a passage through 

 the hills for the passage of the river, large enough for a boat, and on 

 the other side erect a strong embankment. Although both these ap- 

 peared impossible tasks, yet by the help of the Almighty they were 

 accomplished. The merchant with his boats passed safely by that road ; 

 and the river Mihran, quitting its former passage, took the course 

 which it now takes. In the morning the people told Dilu Rahi, but all 

 his efforts to repair the calamity were unavailing against the decree of 

 fate. The ruin of Alor is dated to have commenced from that day. 

 They say that Seif-ul-Mulk with his beloved Budek-ul-Jumal, when they 

 returned from the pilgrimage to the Kaabah, arrived and lived in the 

 country between Derah Ghazi Khan and Sitpur and died. Budeh-ul- 

 Jumal had two sons, J ah and Chatah ; until now her tomb with those of 

 her two sons, are places of pilgrimage. 



