1892.] H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 169 
. clearly shows, that, at this period, the Kaji Wa-liali, Hakra, or Wallin- 
dah, by which two latter names it is best known in the annals of Sind 
and Multan, had not ceased to flow, and that Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, 
Kaba-jah, annexed all the intervening territory between the banks of 
the Hakra, which bounded the then dependencies of Sind and Multan 
on the east, up to, and including, those districts abovenamed, which its 
tributary, the Chitang, bounded on the south. It is beyond question 
that he would not have annexed a howling wilderness or “ a region of 
death.” It has also been proved beyond all doubt, that Sultan Shams-ud- 
Hin, I-yal-timish, set out from Dihli by way of Tabarhindah for l/chohh 
with his forces in 625 H. (1228 A. D.) to oust Kaba-jali therefrom, and 
take possession of Sind and Multan, and came through this present 
desert tract; that the Biali and its tributaries, or Sind Riid, flowed near 
to l/chohh on the east at that time; for the latter’s fleet was moored in 
front of the kasbah of —llrrawat 40 —and that one of the Amirs of 
I-yal-timish, Taj-ud-Din, Sanjar-i-Gajz-lak Khan, who commanded the 
advanced troops of his army, had been placed in charge of the district of 
Wanjh-rut on the Hakra, a place which is known to this day, and which 
then gave its name to the district. 41 It is very evident that the Malik 
abovenamed would not have been placed in charge of a desert, as Wanjh- 
rut would have been, if the Hakra had disappeared in either 1220 A, D. 
or 1223 A. D., because these events happened Jive years after the last named 
date , in 625 H. (1228 A. D.). 
The author of the “ Tabakat-i-Nasiri,” himself proceeded by way of 
Hansi 42 and Abuhar [Uboh-liar] to Multan on the 24th of Zi-Hijjah, 647 
H. (the end of April, 1248 A. D.), four years after the investment of l/chchh 
40 This place has disappeared, and its site is now unknown, as far as I can 
discover, which is not surprising, considering the vast changes which have taken 
place in this part. 
41 Perhaps it will not be forgotten, that there were a number of flourishing 
mahalls or sub-districts of the Bakhar and Multan sarkars of the Multan siibah —three 
of the former sarkar and seven of the latter—east of the present bank of the Indus 
and Gharah near U chch h, and extending to the Hakra, and probably beyond, of 
which one is Dirawar on the very bank of the Hakra, which are still well-known. 
These alone paid no less than 78,01,510 dams of revenue, equal to 1 lakh and 9,537 
rupis, or £ 10,953, per annum, not including free grants, and furnished 1,370 horse¬ 
men, and 8,600 foot for militia purposes, in the reign of Akbar Badshah. 
42 He mentions why he went by Hansi and Uboh-har. He says (page 687) : 
“ When he reached the Hansi district [it was the fief of his patron, the Ulugh 
Khan], the author took possession of the village conferred upon him by Ulugh Khan, 
and opportunity offered to proceed to Multan by way of Abuhar ; and, on Sunday, 
the 11th of the month, Safar, 648 H., an interview was obtained with Malik Sher 
Khan-i-Sunkar on the banks of the Biah.” 
