170 Translation of the Tooful ut Kir am, [No. 159. 



ranks, the governors of Cutch.* In short, when in consequence of 

 Dilu Rahis's tyranny, the river Mihran flowed past Sewistan, and those 

 lands which are now fertile became so ; then the land of the men of 

 Sumrah became unproductive, and from inflicting brands and the op- 

 Fall of the tribe P ress ^ ons °f the before-mentioned tribe, complaints 

 of Sumrahs. were sen t to the Sultan, Hilaw-ul-din at Delhi ; he 



sent his deputy and chief of his army Sular Khan, who coming upon the 

 men of Sumrah, they sent their families in care of the tribe of Charuns, 

 which tribe is highly respected by both parties, to Abrah Abranee Sum- 

 ah, the governor of Cutch, and prepared to oppose the forces of the 

 Sultan ; these latter came upon them like the storm on a vessel — there 

 was a great battle. The son of Sumrah, who was the Chief of all the 

 forces of that tribe, was killed ; the rest could not hold out in the city 

 of Joor and fled to Cutch. The Sultan's troops pursued their wives and 

 children to Cutch, and every night when they halted they threw a large 

 ditch round the camp to prevent a night attack ; and these ditches 

 are still to be seen, and very deep. When they reached Cutch, Abrah 

 Sumah attacked the Sumrahs in conjunction with the Sultan's troops. 

 In short, after the fall of the tribe of Sumrah the tribe of Sumah became 

 Th s h b- tne P ossessors °f those countries, and the city of 

 tain power. Mahamed Joor was destroyed by the troops of the 



Shah ; and the city of Samwa was founded, and other new districts cul- 

 tivated. The country of the city of Joor, which is situated near the pur- 

 gunnah of Darah, being through ill fortune abandoned, they founded 

 another Jooreh as shall be mentioned. 



The Dynasty of the Jams of Sumah. 

 The origin of this tribe is traced to Akrumeh Bin Hassan, Bin Abi- 

 List of the Jams Jihul as has been mentioned ; but according to what 

 has been related, at the time of the arrival of Maham- 

 mais! gin ° f theSU " ed Bin Cassim > this tribe had embraced Islamism, 

 and the account of it is given by Meer Massum in the 

 " Chach Nameh." Thus, the descendants of Akrumeh about the year 

 93 H. the whole of this tribe entered the Mahomedan faith, and collect- 

 ed together from distant places in this country, and Akrumeh at or near 



* The ruins of Goomtee in Cutch are in the traditions of that country, the scene of 

 the exploit of the Sumrahs* 



