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1892.] H. Gr. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 
since they are not mentioned in the case of this “ Tartar ” invasion, 
which was one of the numerous inroads of the Mughals into the Panj-ab 
territory. 
1 may mention here, that, when the Mirza, Pir Muhammad, son of 
Jahan-gir, son of Amir Timur, in Rabi’-ul-Awwal, 800 H. (December, 
1397 A. D.), crossed the Ab-i-Sind or Indus and invested Uohqhh as the 
Nii-in, Mangutah had done in 643 H., reinforcements under Taj-ud-Din, 
Muhammad, the Na’ib of Sarang Khan, who was then governor of the 
provinces of Lahor and Multan, were despatched to the succour of 
Uchchh. Pir Muhammad, obtaining information of this, raised the in¬ 
vestment of that place, and marched to meet Taj-ud-Din, Muhammad, 
whom he fell upon on the banks of the Biah, and overthrew him. He, 
with difficulty, re-crossed the river, but, in so doing, lost a number of 
his men, who, in their hurry to escape, threw themselves into the Biah 
and were drowned. Having effected the passage, Taj-ud-Din Muham¬ 
mad retired precipitately towards Multan, which he succeeded in reach¬ 
ing, but was closely followed by the Mu gh als, who invested him therein. 
To effect these movements, if the Biah and Sutlaj bad united, both 
pursuer and pursued would have had to cross the Gharah , but they had 
not yet united. The Rawi still flowed east of Multan and united with 
the Biah, which still flowed in its own bed; but, the Ohin-ab, having 
separated from the Rawi and Biah, and altered its course more towards 
the west, passed Multan on the west instead of the east, and thus Mul¬ 
tan was in the Rachan-ab Do-abah, and Uchchh in the Bist-Jalhandar, 
instead of the Sind Sagar, while at present, consequent on other changes 
in the courses of the rivers, Multan is in the Bari Do-abah, and Uohqhh 
has long since been shut out of the Do-abahs altogether. 
So much for the Biali and Sutlaj having merged into one before the 
investment of Uohqhh in 643 H. 
The old bed of the Hakra can be traced much farther south-west 
than “ Kururwalla, in Lat. 29°, 53', Long. 73°, 53'.” It can be traced 
down to the sea coast of Sind, as I have here traced it. 
The writer of the article in the “ Calcutta Review ” has also stated, 
that the upper part of the Hakra “ is called Sotra , which is probably a 
corruption of Satroda or Satruda, the old name of the Satlej 70 [in the 
“Tartar invasion ” he called it the “ Satladar ”]. “Hakra,” he con¬ 
tinues, appears to be the modified form of Sagara , the letter S being 
pronounced H in Rajputana and Sindh.” It might have been added, 
that this inveterate propensity likewise prevails in Kathiawar. 71 But, 
70 Only the Sutlaj was not the Hakra, bat merely one of its tributaries. See the 
notice of the Hakra farther on. 
71 Lieut. A. H. E, Boileau, of tho Hon’ble Company’s Bengal Engineers, in his 
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