The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 169: Muhammad Kasim purchases Ladi, the wife of Dahir, from a woman.

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When Muhammad Kasim saw their resolution and perseverance in maintaining hostilities, and found that they persisted in denying that Dahir was slain, he put Ladi, the wife of Dahir, whom he had purchased from a woman and made his wife, on the black camel on which the wife of Dahir used to ride, and sent her with trusty persons to the fort. She cried out, "O people of the fort, I have some matters of importance to tell you; come near that I may speak." A body of the principal men ascended the ramparts. Ladi then uncovered her face, and said, "I am Ladi, the wife of Dahir. Our king is killed, and his head has been sent to 'Irak; the royal flags and umbrella have also been forwarded to the capital of the Khalifa. Do not you destroy yourselves. God says (in the Kuran) 'Seek not destruction by your own hands.'" She then shrieked out, wept bitterly, and sang a funeral song. They replied from the fort, "Thou are false; you have joined these Chandals and Cow-eaters, and have become one of them. Our king is alive, and is coming with a mighty army and war elephants to repel the enemy. Thou hast polluted thyself with these Arabs, and prefer their government to our kings." Thus and still more did they abuse her. When Muhammad Kasim heard this, he called Ladi back, and said, "Fortune has turned away her face from the family of Silaij."