The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 34: Bai (Main) is sent to Alor for the purpose of being given in marriage to the king of Batia.
Chach-náma (extracts) 34
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When Dharsiya was reflecting one day that his sister had arrived at a marriageable age, messengers arrived from Suban, king of Batia, in the country of Ramal, to demand her in marriage. Dharsiya although he was the elder brother, gave her a princely dowry, and sent her with seven hundred horse and five hundred foot to Dahir, recommending him by letter to marry her to the king of Bhatia, who had stipulated that he should receive a fort as her marriage portion. The messengers went to Alor, and remained there one month. [Here follows an account of Dahir marrying his sister because it was prognosticated that her husband would be king of Hind and Sind, and the contests between the brothers in consequence.]