1852.] Ibn HuokuVs Account of Seestan. 369 



Ulee contrived to win his way to safety in Joorjan, he departed life in 

 the Dehestan where he was interred. Yakoob was the eldest in years 

 and a slave in some of the Sufar families. Omur was by trade a carrier, 

 and it is said worked for some time as bricklayer. Ulee was the 

 youngest in years, but he was the cause of their rebellion and subse- 

 quent rising in the world. They had a maternal uncle called Kubeer, 

 the son of Rumadegan, who was a leader of a party against the 

 Khowarej. 



He was shut up in a Fort called Kufeel but escaped, and then went 

 on to Bost ; at this time there was a man called Derhem, the son of 

 Nusr, in these parts, who was as the head of a number of men who 

 were outwardly anxious for a holy war and for the destruction of the 

 Khowarej. The above four brothers were followers of this chief. 



They advanced into Seestan ; the Governor, on the part of Taher 

 had not any great force, so they held a conference at the gate of the 

 city, where Derhem-ben Nusr apparently professed his allegiance and 

 proceeded on to attack the Khowarej: he then caressed the people, 

 until they joined him ; when he returned and obtaining entrance into 

 the city, ejected the Governor, established himself and then destroyed 

 many of the Khowarej party. 



Ammar son of Yaser was the leader of this sect — Yakoob proceeded 

 and killed him. 



This circumstance caused his rise in rank ; the people were delighted 

 with him, while he so won the affections of those in authority round 

 Derhem-ben Nusr, that they placed him in the government. Every 

 affair centered in Yakoob, until Derhem became his servant, but he 

 did not behave well to Derhem who took leave on excuse of making a 

 pilgrimage to Mecca. 



After a residence of some time in Baghdad, Derhem returned to 

 Seestan as an ambassador, from the Khalef, he was immediately killed 

 by Yakoob. The affairs of this leader then so prospered, that he 

 became chief in Seestan, and the confines of Scinde and India. In 

 those countries many received the religion of Eslam from the hands 

 of Yakoob ; he then rose to power in Kerman, Fars, Khozestan, a 

 portion of Erak and Khorasan. 



Tak is a town one march behind a person going from Seestan to 

 Khorasan, a small place, but with villages, which produce a vast 

 quantity of grapes used by the people. 



