[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) (Chachnāma) Chachnama History of the Brahman dynasty of Sind (Chach, Dāhir) and of Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim's conquest (711–714), presented as a translation of an Arabic book found at Alor; the main narrative source for Sind before Islam. - **Date:** 1216–1217 CE - **Author:** [ʿAlī b. Ḥāmid al-Kūfī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ali-kufi) - **Place:** Uch - **Extent:** 92,157 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (2) - [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) — English - [Chach-náma (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot) — English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) · Pramāṇa