390 H. (t. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries . [Ex. No. 
flowed in the old channel by Bhatian di Pindi, and some miles east of 
Ohandan-ot or Ohandani-ot (yul. “ Chuneeot ”), Kliewah. Jbang-i- 
Sialan, and Shor Kot, as mentioned in the account of that river, 
changed its course much farther towards the west, passed those places 
(or the positions where they now stand) on the west instead of the east , 
and continuing its course in nearly the same direction, flowed into the 
low-lying ground, a short distance on the west side of Multan. The 
Rawi on being deserted by the Ohin-ab, became also affected thereby, 
and although it still continued to unite with the Blah, it altered its 
course likewise, but not considerably, to a more westerly direction, 
nearer Multan, where its old bed, under the name of Sukh Rawah or 
Rawi or “ Dried up Rawah ” channel, still exists, as mentioned in the 
notice of that river. The Biah, on the other hand, also affected from 
the same causes as had affected the others, and on account of the Rawi 
passing nearer to Multan than before—within about three or four miles, 
and hence that side of the city is still known as taraf Rawi, or ‘ Rawi 
Side ’ to this day—instead of running towards the south to unite with 
the Hakra or Wahindah, it took a direction more to the westward— 
about south-west— and was joined by the Chin-ab and its tributary 
the Wihat or Jhilam ten miles north-west of Jalal-pur, and three miles 
and a half west of Kotli, in the south-west corner of the Bari Do-abah 
in the Multan district; and the united waters soon after fell into the 
Ab-i-Sind or Indus, a short distance west of U'chchh. 404 From thence, 
the Ab i-Sind kept a more southerly course on its way to the place of 
junction at the Dosh-i-Ab, already noticed, and respecting which further 
particulars will be found in the notice of the Hakra or Wahindah. 
These changes were not confined to these two Do-abahs, we may be certain, and, 
donbtless, the Ab-i-Sind or Indus and its tributaries farther west were affected 
likewise, and, probably, the Hakra also in the opposite direction. See note 307, 
page 305. 
404 Abu-1-Fazl, likewise, states in the A’in-i-Akbari, that, in the reign of Akbar 
Badshah, the Ab-i-Sind united with the rivers of the Panj-ab, near LTchchh, on the 
west. 
It was just the same in the time of Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, Kaba-jah, ril i er 
of Multan, LT chch h, and Sind, and also at the time of the investment of LT chch h 
by the Mu gli als, already noticed. The following tradition respecting it, contained 
in the Life of the famous Afghan saint, the Shaikh, Yahya-i-Kabir, the Bakhtyar 
Sherani Afghan. “ It is related that the Shaikh, Yahya-i-Kabir, came to U'chchh 
from the A fgh anistan at the time that the celebrated saint of that place, the 
Makhdum-i-Jahanian, was at the height of his fame and veneration for sanctity. 
On this occasion, it is said, that, when the “rainy season” came round, the 
Darya-e Sind, had put forth great violence, in such wise that it reached close up 
to the city of U' chch h, and swept away several houses. As the people were filled 
with fear and dismay in consequence, they assembled together, and came to the 
