The Institutes of Akbar 337.6

337.6

Regarding the town of Bhakkar, Abulfazl says that it is called in old books Mansúrah. Six rivers united pass by it in several branches; two branches lie to the south, one to the north. The town at the latter branch is called Bhakkar. On the second branch another town lies, called Loharí, and near it is the Indus. Mírzá Sháh Husain Arghún, king of T’hat’hah, had Bhakkar fortified, and appointed as Commander his foster-brother Sultán Mahmúd. After Sháh Husain’s death, Sultán Mahmúd declared himself independent at Bhakkar, and Mírzá ’Ísá Tarkhán (p. 362) at T’hat’hah. Both were often at war with each other. Sultán Mahmúd is said to have been a cruel man. As Bhakkar was conquered and annexed before T’hat’hah, it was attached to the Cúbah of Multán.