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along with Rawar, which lay on the west side of Bahman-abad, and was 
son of Dhaliyah, in charge of Rawar and its dependencies, together with the charge 
and supervision of vessels and boats, to have them (some) kept in readiness ; and he 
ordered that every vessel or boat which should arrive or depart, from above or below 
(stream), should be taken to the fort of Rawar if it contained men or war materials. 
The boats and vessels above Dhaliyah were placed under the supervision of an 
’Arab officer, Ibn Ziyad-al-’ Abdi. Other Walls and ’Amils were nominated to the 
charge of Siwistan, Nirun, Dhaliyah, and other places; and the parts inhabited by the 
Jats were likewise brought under control. 
Having disposed of the affairs of Bahman-abad and the Lohanahs, and all parts 
to the east and west, and in the environs and neighbourhood thereof, on Thursday, 
the 3rd of Muharram, 94 H. (9tli October, 712 A. D.), Muhammad marched with his 
forces to a place called Muthal [in one MS. Munhal. Muthalo of the Sindis, which ap¬ 
pears in one map as “ Mothilo ” and in another as “ Mothito ” !] in the neighbourhood 
of Sawandi, also called Sawandi of the Sammahs, where there was an db-gir and a 
grassy plain, and which was called the Karbhar Dandh ( dhand ), and on the shore 
thereof he pitched his camp. All the dwellers in that part were Samanis (Priests), 
Nahr-ban (canal diggers P), and merchants and traders, who all came out to receive 
him, and submit to his authority ; and in the parts around were Jat peasantry. From 
thence Muhammad marched to Bharur or Bhirur [mistaken by Mir Mas’um and 
others for Baghrur, which was in quite a different direction], and despatched officers 
to administer the affairs of that place and of Kandbar. He then moved into the 
tract of country peopled by the Sammah tribes, and nominated a chief over them. 
Having provided for the administration of the affairs of the Lohanahs, he came 
among the Sihtahs, arranged their affairs, and required them to guide him towards 
Aror. 
I may here notice, that, from the foregoing account contained in the Ohach 
Namali, Rawar and Dhaliyah appear to have been situated on the east side of the 
western branch of the Mihran of Sind, which separated into two channels forty 
miles above Bahman-abad, as shown in the ’Arab map. Also, that there is no actual 
mention of that branch having been crossed to get to Aror ; but it was probably 
passed at the stage where the Karbhar Dhand is mentioned. 
I must also remark that the dates given in the Ohach Namah are either wrong 
or confused. Debal appears to have been taken in the first month of 93 H., but the 
letter of Hajjaj, acknowledging the account of its capture, is dated in Rajab, the 
seventh month, and took sometime to come, a couple of weeks at least. After this 
Muhammad moved against Siw-istan, and after his return from thence it was some 
months before he could cross the Mihran. Several other letters passed between 
them, and yet between the letter of Rajab and the 10th of Muharram when Dahir 
was killed, only the months Sha’ban and ten days of Muharram intervened. After 
that, when Rawar had fallen it took two months to reduce Bahrur, and the reduction 
of Dhaliyah took nearly as long. This would bring us to the end of the year 93 H.; 
and yet, it is said, that he appeared on the 1st Rajab, 93 H. before Bahman-abad, 
two months and twenty days before Dahir was killed ; and after being six months 
before Bahman-abad, it was only the end of Zi-Hijjah, the last month of 93 H., that 
news of Jai Senha was received which led to its capture. Then it must have taken 
some little time to settle the affairs of Bahman-abad, and yet he is said to have 
marched towards Aror from thence on the 3rd of Muharram 94 H. According to 
