The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 105: Arrival of Muhammad Ksim at Jewar (Jaipur).

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Intelligence was brought to Ri Dhir that Muhammad Ksim with the Arab army had reached Jewar (Jaipur), and when his minister Sskart heard of it, he said, "Alas! we are lost. That place is called Jaipur, or the town of Victory, and as the army has reached that place, it will be successful and victorious." Dahir Rai took offence at these words. The fire of indignation blazed out in his mind, and he said with anger, "He has arrived at Hindbari, for it is a place where his bones shall lie." Dahir left the place, and with precipitation went into the fort of Rawar. He placed his dependants and baggage in the fort, and himself went out to a place which was a parasang's distance from the Arabs. Dahir then said to an astrologer, "I must fight to-day; tell me in what part of the heavens the planet Venus is, and calculate which of the two armies shall be successful, and what will be the result."