1892.] H. G. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 205 
Al-Ideisi says : “ Mansuriyah. is surrounded by a branch of the Mih¬ 
ran, although it is at a distance from the river. [In another place he also 
says, that it is a mile square each way.] It lies west of the principal 
branch of the river. * # * Mansuriyah was founded at the beginning 
of the reign of Abi Ja’far-al-Mansur, of the Bam ’Abbas. This Khalifah 
gave his name to four different cities : the first was Bagh-dad in ’Irak, 
the second, Mansuriyah of Sind. * * * It is a great, populous, and rich 
city, and carries on a considerable trade. The buildings are constructed 
of burnt bricks, tiles, and plaster. * * * The name of the city in the 
Hindi [the Sindi dialect of the Prakrit ?] language is Mir-Man [^Oo^a/o. 
This seems to me to be an error in the MS.], and it is considered one 
of the dependencies of Sind, like Multan, Sliarusan [Siw-istan, the 
modern Sihwan],” etc., etc. 
Zakariya, the Kazwini, who, as before mentioned, quotes chiefly 
from the work of Mus’ir bin Muhalhil, who wrote in 331 H. (942-43 
A. D.), says : “ Mansuriyah, so called after the second ’Abbasi Khalifah, 
is also styled Mansuriyali-i-Sani, or the Second Mansuriyah, and a 
branch of the Mihran encircles it. It is very hot, and has many fleas, 
but it is a place of considerable size, and has good and sweet water.” 
Ibn Al-Waedi-al-Karshi, likewise says, that “ it was one of four 
cities to which Abi Ja’far-al-Mansur, the ’Abbasi Khalifah gave his 
name of Mansur, 106 the others being Ba gh dad in ’Irak, Al-Masisat on the 
sea of Sham [Syria], and Al-Rafikat in the Diyar-i-Muzar.” 
At page 187, in his own extract from the Chach Namah, “ the Jnts of Lohana” 
are mentioned, also, that they consist of “ Lakha and Samma,” and that “they 
plundered within the territory of Debal.” The Puranah, one of the old channels of 
the Mihran of Sind or the Hakra, is called the Lohano Dhoro after them to this day. 
Tod, in his “ Rajas’thau,” says (page 320): “The Loliana, were formerly 
Rajpoots [fancy Elliot’s Afghans !], but betaking themselves to commerce, have 
fallen into the third class. They are scribes and shop-keepers, and object to no oc¬ 
cupation that will bi’ing a subsistence, and as food, excepting their cats and their 
cows, they will eat anything.” See also Burton’s “ Scinde,” Yol. I, p. 236. 
Sadr ’All Shah further observes, that, “ the city must have been ruined before 
the expiration of the fourth century of the Hijrah, or about 1020 A. D. [on the 26th 
April, 1020 A. D., the year 411 of the Hijrah commenced], because Ohhotah, Amaranf, 
brother of Dilorali, Amarani [Dilu Ra’e], who departed to Baghdad, on account 
of his brother’s injustice, where he embraced Islam, married the daughter cf a 
celebrated ’Arab, and returned with her into Sind before the expiration [before 
the middle?] of the fourth century, along with a number of other ’Arabs, among 
whom was the Sayyid, ’All Musa.” He evidently meant, before the middle of the 
fourth century. He is rather too late by about thirty or forty years ; while McMurdo 
is too soon by nearly two hundred and fifty. The fourth century of the Hijrah 
commenced on the 24th August, 1009 A. D. 
1° 6 It is used as an adjective, as is the Past. Part, signifying, ‘aided,’ 
‘ defended,’ ‘ victorious,’ ‘ conquering,’ etc. 
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