[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) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [Chach-nama (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot) › 181 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 181: An account of the courage of Jaisiya, and the reason why he was so called. Chach-náma (extracts) 181 - **Language:** English ### [181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.181) It was related by some Brahmans of Alor that Jaisiya, son of Dahir, was unequalled in bravery and wisdom. The story of his birth runs, that one day Dahir Rai went hunting with all the animals and all the equipments of the chase. When the dogs and leopards and lynxes were set free to chase the deer, and the falcons and hawks were flying in the air, a roaring lion \[sher\] came forth, and terror and alarm broke out among the people and the hunters. Dahir alighted from his horse, and went on foot to oppose the lion, which also prepared for fight. Dahir wrapped a sheet round his hand which he put into the beast's mouth, then raised his sword, and cut off two of his legs. He then drew out his hand and thrust his sword into the belly and ripped up the animal so that it fell down. Those men who had fled for fear came home, and told the Rani that Dahir Rai was fighting with a lion. The wife of Dahir was big with child when she heard this news, and from the great love she bore her husband she fell and swooned away. Before Dahir had returned, the soul of his wife had departed from her body through fright. Dahir came and found her dead, but the child was moving in the womb, so he ordered her to be cut open, and the child was taken out alive, and given over to the charge of a nurse. The child was therefore called Jaisiya, that is, "al muzaffar bi-l asad," or in Persian, sher-firoz, "lion-conqueror." - [Previous: 180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.180) - [Next: 182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.182) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.181) · Pramāṇa