[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) › 76 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 76: Siwistan is taken and Bajhra flies. Chach-náma (extracts) 76 - **Language:** English ### [76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.76) When Bajhra went away, and the Samanis made submission, Muhammad Kasim entered the fort of Siwistan and gave quarter. He appointed his functionaries to discharge the civil duties of the territory, and brought the neighbouring places under his rule. He took the gold and silver wherever he found it, and appropriated all the silver, jewels, and cash. But he did not take anything from the Samanis, who had made terms with him. He gave the army their due, and having deducted a fifth part of the whole, delivered it to the treasurer of Hajjaj, and wrote a report of the victory to Hajjaj. He appointed Rawats there. He also sent the plunder and the slaves to him, and he himself stopped at Siwistan. Two or three days after he had separated the fifth part, and distributed to the army their shares, he proceeded to the fort of Sisam, and the people of Budhiya and the chief of Siwistan rose up to fight. Muhammad Kasim marched with all his force, except the garrison, which was placed under the officer left in Siwistan, and alighted at a place called Nilhan, on the banks of the Kumbh. The inhabitants of the vicinity were all infidels, who assembled together as soon as they saw the Muhammadan army, and determined to make a night attack on it, and disperse it. - [Previous: 75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.75) - [Next: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.77) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-elliot.76) · Pramāṇa