356 H. G. Raverty— The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
When the Sayyid, Ghulam Muhammad, referred to at page 348, 
was returning to Kabul from India in 1787, he had to give up the idea 
of going from Multan by way of Layya, because a large force of Sikhs 
had invaded that part. He, therefore, had to proceed by Mankerah. 
His route throws light on the state of the parts near the confluence of 
the Chin-ab, Bihat, and Rawi. He set out from Multan for Khan Ohal, 
distant five hos (this is what is called the hachchhah Jcos , just a mile 
and a half) north-eastwards ; then to the Deli-i-Shah Nawaz, on the 
banks of the Biah (not the dry Biah) ten hos in the same general direc¬ 
tion ; then ten hos north to Shah-pur ; and thence to Tulanbah, be¬ 
tween north and east, another ten hos. From Tulanbah he went fifteen 
hos north-west, and reached Sarwan. He distinctly states that this 
stage brought him into the tract between the Chin-ab and the Bihat , 
on the edge or margin of the great desert waste—the Thai —and that 
another stage, in the same general direction took him to Maharan 
(possibly , what is now styled “ Gurh Maharaja ” in our maps), through 
the sandy desert. Another two stages brought him to Mankerah. 
About the time of the ’Arab conquest by Muhammad, the son 
of Kasim, the Rawi united with the Biah east of Multan. It has always 
been remarkable for its erratic course, especially below Labor, and from 
thence to its junction with the Chin-ab, notwithstanding that it runs in a 
deep bed. Tavernier however, quoted in the preceding note 357, says its 
channel is very flat. It is so irregular and uncertain, that it is impossi¬ 
ble to tell one year where its channel may be the next. On one side, 
its left high bank can be traced from some twelve miles above Lahor, 
running in a south-westerly direction and winding considerably, by 
the Sara’e-i-Noli-Shahrah, and close to it, and between Wandari, which 
lies twelve miles east of Sayyid-Walah, and Hinjaraun, so called after 
revolutionized the theories of Anglo-Indian strategists.” I find, however, that 
there are actually some who would like to take the credit of the discovery to them¬ 
selves, and, probably, if I live long enough, I shall find some one claiming to have 
made the discovery, just as the Siah-posh Kafirs of the Kafiristan have been “ dis¬ 
covered ” over and over again, since I gave an account of them in the “ Journal ” 
for 1859. 
Since I wrote about this route, it has been surveyed, and part of the Kandahar 
force returning to India followed it—the detachment under the command of Sir M. 
Biddulph, K. 0. B. I shall probably give the account of the expedition in full 
shortly, but more respecting the route will be found in a subsequent Section of my 
“Notes, “ page 546, which see, further researches having thrown additional light 
upon it. In that same Section of my “ Notes,” I also pointed out a direct road to 
Kandahar from the Derah-jat farther north, by which a line of Railway might 
easily be carried, and that road is now I find, being surveyed. Better late than 
never. 
