1892.] H. G. Raverfcy —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 159 
purpose of repelling the Mu gh al forces, assembled the troops of Islam 
from various parts. On their arrival on the banks of the Biah, the in¬ 
fidels withdrew from before ITohchh, and that success was gained. The 
writer of this work was in attendance on the sublime Court on that ex¬ 
pedition; and persons of understanding and men of judgment agreed, that 
no one could point out to view anything of an army like that host and 
gathering in years gone by. When information of the numbers and 
efficiency of the victorious forces of Islam reached the infidels, they 
decamped, and retired towards Khurasan again.” 
In his account of Malik Ghivas-ud-Din. Balban, 10 who, before lie 
succeeded to the throne, bore the title of Ulu gh Khan-i-A’zam,, the 
author says : “In this same year [643 H.], Mangutah, the accursed, who 
was one of the Mughal leaders, 11 and of the Maliks of Turkistan, led 
an army from the borders of Tae-kan and Kunduz, into the territories 
of Sind, and invested the fortress of Uehohli, which is one of the 
famous strongholds of the country of Sind, and of (i. e included in) 
the territory of Mansurah. ^ # # While every one of the [other] 
Amirs and Maliks was showing indecision about this undertaking, 
Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam showed determination in carrying it out; and, 
when the royal standards moved forwards towards that [threatened] 
quarter, Ulugh Khan-i-A’zam—Be his power prolonged !—despatched 
guides in advance on the line of route, so that [the troops] used to get 
over the marches with rapidity. He was wont to represent to the troops 
that the [next] halting place would be about eight huroh off, and [con¬ 
sequently] about twelve huroh , and even more than that, they used to 
march, until the troops reached the banks of the Biah, and passed over 
that river; and he conducted them to the banks of the Rawah [Rawi] 
of Labor. 18 
10 See the Hhamsiah Maliks, No. XXV, page 809. 
11 This same leader had been one of the commanders with the Bahadur, Ta-fr, 
who, in the sixth month of 639 H. (December, 1241 A. D.), had attacked and sacked 
Lalior, the whole of the inhabitants of which were either massacred or carried off 
captive. See “Translation,” pages 727, and 1132-1136. 
12 As the Biah and Rawi then flowed, centuries before either the Sutlaj or the 
Biah deserted its bed, the Dihli forces would be in the fork between the Rawi and 
the Biah, in the Bari Do-abah, near their junction, with their flanks protected by the 
rivers, and in a position to threaten the Mughal line of retreat. Having crossed 
the Rawi above the junction, or below the junction of the three rivers, they could 
have marched down the Do-abali to U'chchh without having any other river to cross, 
and reinforcements from Multan could have joined them. On the other hand, they 
would have caught the Mughals in the fork between the Ab-i-Sind or Indus, which 
flowed near U'chchh on the west, and the Sind Rud, described further on, on the 
east, both unfordable rivers, and, in case of defeat, the Mughals would have been 
