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1892.] H. G. Raverty —The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. 
the author of the history of Sultan Firuz Shah’s reign, dwelt at Uboh- 
har, which, he says, is the country of that Sultan’s Bhati mother; for 
she was the daughter of Rana Mai, the Bhati. The great grandfather 
of Shams-i-Saraj was the ’ amal-ddr or revenue collector of the district 
dependent oil Uboh-har—which shows that it could not have been short 
of water in his day, and as Ibn Batutah confirms—and Shams-i-Saraj 
was intimate with Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Tughluk Shah, before he came 
to the Dihli throne, when, as Ghazi Malik, he held the fief of Debal-pur, 
of which, at that time, Uboh-har was a dependency. Shams-i-Saraj 
states, that, at that period—previous to 720 H. (1320 A. D.) 219 —all the 
lands from the largest to the smallest estates, and all th ejangal, or 
waste lands, or uncultivated tracts, belonging to the Ma’in and Bhati 
tribes, were dependent on the town of Uboh-har. He also states that 
in the language of this part tal-wandi 220 means a village. 
When Sultan Firuz Shall was about to return to Dihli, after the 
death of Sultan Muhammad Shah, his kinsman, 221 whom he succeeded 
on his death on the banks of the Sind near Thatliah, in Muharram, 
752 H. (March, 1351 A. D ), he was advised to return through Guzarat. 
As Ahmad-i-Ayaz was in rebellion at Dihli, he determined to do so by 
marching up the Ab-i-Sind river instead, with his still numerous forces 
and followers, and going by way of Multan and Debal-pur. This also 
shows that he did not anticipate any scarcity of water for his forces and 
the numerous followers and animals. First, he moved up to Siw-istan, 222 
the modern Sihwan, and from thence towards Bakhar, where he crossed 
the river, and then marched to Multan without having to cross any other 
river. Leaving it, he moved to Ajuddhan, and paid his devotions at the 
tomb of the Shaikh-ul-Islam, Farid-ul-Hakk wa ud-Din, Shakar-Ganj. 
From Ajuddhan he moved right across the worst part of what, in modern 
days, is known as the “ Indian Desert,” to Sarasti [now Sirsa]. March¬ 
ing from thence he reached lkdar and founded Fath-abad, 223 so named 
219 Sultan Ghiyps-ud-Dm, Tnghluk Shah, ascended the throne of Dihli in 720 H. 
220 Villages in this part are also called mandats by some writers. This word, in 
Hindi, means ‘ a circle,’ also a ‘ circular hut or tent.’ Mandats, however, are not 
1 ‘fortifications,” as Mr. Dowson, the Editor of Elliot’s “Historians” supposed 
(Vol. Ill, page 254). The word is a common one in Hindi. 
221 Sultan Firuz Shah was the son of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Tughlnk’s brother, 
and Sultan Muhammad Shah was the latter’s son. 
222 See a note farther on. 
223 This place is now the principle town of one of the five tahsils or revenue 
divisions into which the Ilisar district under the Panj-ab government is divided. 
There is a “ Report,” published in 1875, of the “ Settlement of the Hissdr 
Division of the Panjab,” the history of which, so called, is taken from the “ Am-i- 
Akbar ” [sic], in which its compiler has the assurance to tell us, that, “ Under Mu- 
