1892.] H. G. Raverty —The Milirdn of Sind and its Tributaries. 
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Subsequently, Junaid, son of ’Abd-ur-Rahman-al-Marri, was made 
Amir on the frontier territory of Sind, as the deputy of ’Umar, son of 
Hubairah-al-Fazari [he, at this time, was Amir of Khurasan and the 
East], by the Klialifah, Al-Hisham, son of ’Abd-ul-Malik, who began to 
reign in 105 H. (724 A. D.). Junaid proceeded to Debal, 195 and 
advanced to the Mihran ; but Jai Sinha, [whose ’Arab name, however, 
the historian does not give] requested that he would not cross over, as 
he had become a Musalman, and his territory had been confirmed to 
him by the ruling power. After receiving the tribute due, and giving 
and taking pledges, hostilities arose between them. Some say that Jai 
Sinha first took up arms ; while others affirm that Junaid acted unjustly 
towards Jai Sinha, who assembled his forces, fitted out vessels, and got 
195 It is strange that neither the early ’Arabs, nor the travellers who followed, 
ever mention Damrilah, which, in after years, is constantly mentioned along with 
Debal or Dewal. 
When Saltan Jalal-ud-Din, Mang-barni, the Khwarazm Shah, had to retire from 
the Panj-ab into Lar or Lower Sind, he, having gained possession of Siw-istan, as it 
is called by some historians, as well as Sharusan, Sindustan, and Sadusan, marched 
towards Debal and Damrilah. A Habash [here the Sumrah chief of Debal is meant], 
who was ruler of that district or territory, fled, got on ship-board, and escaped. 
The Sultan detached part of his forces towards Nahar Walah, from which they 
returned with immense booty. He founded likewise a Jami’ Masjid at Debal on the 
ruins of an idol temple. See “ r JL’abakat-i-Nasiri,” note, page 294, and a note 
farther on. 
lbn Batutah went into Lar or Lower Sind before going to Dihli. He says : “ I 
then went by the Sind to the city of Lahari [Loharanf, supposed by some to refer 
to Debal, but is a totally different place], which is situated on the shore of the sea of 
Hind, where the Sind unites with it [but the junction of the main channel of the 
river with the ocean was at some distance to the eastward of Debal]. It has a large 
harbour, into which vessels from Pars, Yaman, and other parts come. At the 
distance of a few mil [miles] from this town, are the ruins of another, in which 
stones in the shape of human beings and beasts, in vast numbers, are to be found. 
The inhabitants of this place say, that, according to their chroniclers, there was 
formerly a city in this place, the people of which, for the most part, were so wicked, 
that the Almighty transformed every thing within it, the people, their beasts, even 
the seeds of plants, into stone.” This was written in 734 H. (1333-34 A. D.) 
This would seem to refer to the situation of Damrilah, but, as late as the reign 
of Sultan Muhammad, son of Tugliluk Shah—744 H. (1343-44 A. D.), it is mentioned 
as lying in the route from Gondhal in Kathiawar to Thathah, and in connection with 
the Sumrahs. 
Taghi, the rebel, whom Sultan Muhammad pursued from Guzarat into Sind, 
took refuge in Damrilah ; and in reference to the boundaries of India, which Sultan 
’Ala-ud-Din, Muhammad, the second Sultan of the Khalj Turk dynasty, who succeed¬ 
ed to the throne of Dihli in 695 H. (1295-96 A. D.), the different tracts which he 
was advised to bring under complete jurisdiction, that extending “ from Multan to 
Damrilah” is referred to, but such a place as Thathah is not mentioned because it 
was not yet founded. 
