1892 ] H. G. Raverty —The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. 
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In the printed text lately issued, this paragraph appears somewhat 
different from the above. It states that Muhammad, ibn Al-Kasim, ibn 
Al-Munabbih, conquered Sind from the side of Sigistan, and subdued 
11, 82, 100, and 162, the printed text has ^$+1, and this word is, actually, indexed 
and transliterated Bruhmandbdd ! In the same way is indexed and transli- 
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terated “ Barygaza ”; and the words ^ — panch nad are rendered “ Fancavada ” !! 
In this way, the words of an author are changed by persons who fancy they know 
better than he did; and those who have to trust to translations are thas led astray, 
and the author is often condemned for the conceited errors of his editor. The 
latter might, at least, say, that he had thought fit to substitute what he thought 
correct, and then the student could choose between them. The Zain-nl-Akhbar of 
the Gardaizi, written in the reign of Sultan Furrulch-zad 'of Ghaznih, about 445 H. 
(1052-53 A. D.), a rare and highly esteemed chronicle, states, that, “ Bahman, son 
of Isfandiyar, who used to be styled Ard-shlr-i-Dardz Bazd, or of the long arm,” and 
respecting whom, in connection with the tracts on the Sindhu, Ab-i-Sind, or Indus, 
many traditions are related (and to some of which I have referred in my “ Notes’ 
above-quoted respecting Bannu), “ founded a city in the zamin of Sind, which was 
named by him Baliman-abad or Bahman-nih, and which they call [when he wrote] 
Mansuriyah.” The author of the Mujmal-ut-Tawarikh, who wrote his work about 
525 H. (1131 A. D.), quoting an old work from the Hindi language, translated in the 
year 417 H. (1026 AD), the year in which Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznih or Ghaznin 
undertook the expedition against Som-nath, says—“ In the time of Gushtasib, ruler of 
T-ran-Zamin, Bahman, his grandson, surnamed Ard-shir, son of Isfandiyar, led an 
army into Bind and Sind, and subdued a considerable portion of it. No member of 
the family of the ruler, named Sunagh, retained any power therein. Bahman 
founded a city between the frontiers or borders of the Hindus and Turks [the “ Indo- 
Scythians,” as they are styled] to which he gave the name of Kand-a’il, and, in 
another part, which they call Budah, he founded a city which he named Bahman- 
abad ; and, according to one statement, this is Mansuriyah.” As to Kand-a’il, see 
page 217. 
According to Tod (Yol. II, p. 44), the Rana of Odeypoor is descended from 
Bahman. 
This statement, I find, is confirmed by the chronicler, Muhammad, son of Jarir, 
ut-Tabari, whose statements may be considered indisputable, considering the sources 
of information which he possessed. He informs us, that the Malik of Hind who 
had been reduced to subjection by Bahman, threw off his allegiance, and that Bahman 
despatched the ’Alim, or Sage, Akhtunush, one of the three sages who had accom¬ 
panied Buklit-un-Nassar against Jerusalem, with forces against the Malik of Hind, 
whom he encountered in battle, overthrew, and slew. Bahman conferred that 
territory on Akhtunush. When the second of the three sages (the third had previ¬ 
ously died), Dariush or Daryush, who held the government of the provinces of ’Irak 
and Babal died, Bahman conferred them upon Akhtunush, and directed him to leave 
a Khalifah or Deputy to administer the affairs of Sind and Hind [the Biah and its 
tributaries, it will be remembered, is called “ the River of Sind and Hind”], as his 
presence in ’Irak and Babal was the most requisite. He, therefore, leaving a Deputy 
in Sind and Hind, returned as commanded. Akhtunush had put his wife [Queen 
Vashti] to death on account of some misbehaviour, after which he married a woman 
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