450 H. G. Raver fcy —The Mila 'dn of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
around. These Bhatis, in time, peopled three hundred and sixty vil¬ 
lages ; and they bred thousands of excellent horses, which traders used 
to take and dispose of in distant countries, and so continued for ages 
to do. At the present time, through the tyranny and violence of the 
Sikhs, this tract of country has fallen into a state of complete desola¬ 
tion. # * * In going from Patialah to Sunam, and from thence by 
JBhiki to Bhulada from the last named place, you proceed seven kuroh , 
crossing the channel of the Chuwwa by the way, and reach Laklihi- 
Wal, in ancient times a large town, but now it is completely desolate. 615 
The tract of country dependent on, or appertaining to it, is called the 
Laklihi Jangal ; and Ajanak and Sayyidi-Walah, are Bhati villages 
therein. From Sayyidi-Walah one kuroh and a half distant, is Aorta, 
and from it another two kuroh is the afore-mentioned Lakhhi-Wal. 
“In another direction, in going from Jindh to Bliatindah, after 
crossing the Ghag-ghar, seven kuroh and a half to the north-westwards 
of Mung Ala, you reach Sangat-purah ; and from thence go on another 
three kuroh to Haria-o, which is a large village of the Bhatis in the 
Laklihi Jangal , and in the Sunam joarganah. Another two kuroh in the 
same direction is Phulhara, from which, two kuroh west, is Bahadara 
on the Chuwwa.” 
Other ancient tributaries of the Hakra or Wahindah coming from 
a totally different direction, must not be passed over, and which con¬ 
firm the traditions respecting these parts. Jasal-mir, in by-gone times, 
was in a far more fertile and populous condition than it has since be¬ 
come, 616 and contains the remains of some very old cities or towns. 
615 In the year 657 H. (1259 A.D.), during the reign of Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, 
Mahmud Shah, Malik Badr-ud-Din, Sunkar-i-Sufi, entitled, Nusrat Khan, <held 
charge of the city of Tabarhindah, -which is said to be the former name of Bhat- 
indah, and Sunam, Jajh-har, and Lakh-Wal, together with the then frontier parts of 
the Dilili kingdom, as far as the ferries over the river Biah. See my “ Tabakat-i- 
Nasiri,” page 7S8. 
516 See the extract from Bu-Rihan at page 219, and also page 261, where mention 
is made of Nusrat Khan, son of Sultan Jalal-ud-Din, the Khalj Turk sovereign of 
Dihli, who was directed, in 697 H. (1297-98 A. D.), to march the army under his 
command from Bakhar in Sind to Jasal-mir to take part in the campaign against 
Gujarat. 
Lieut. A. II. E. Boileau, of the Hon’ble Company’s Bengal Engineers, in his 
“ Personal Narrative of a Tour through the Western States of Rajwara,” in 1835, 
acquired some valuable information respecting the Hakra, and these its once 
perennial tributaries. He says : “ That this country was not always so desolate 
may, however, be inferred from the tradition that Bikumpoor once stood on the 
bank of a river which was drank dry by a divinity taking up the water in the 
hollow of his hand : this exploit could not easily have been performed since the 
days of the royal hero w r ho gave his name to the fort, the Raja Beer Bikrumajeet, 
