The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 15.5

15.5

When Chandar heard this, he declined to do so, and shutting himself into the fort, began to prepare for war. He immediately sent Dharsiah, a son of Chach, to Brahmanábád, where all the residents of the town and the Lohánah came forward to receive him, and paid their respects to him; and Chandar himself with Dáhar, the younger son of Chach, took up his position in the fort of Alór and carried out measures (for its defence) with care and diligence. The army of Sahiras beseiged the fort, and continued their assaults steadily. When (however) he gained no victory over the occupants of the fort, he thought of having recourse to a strategem, and sued for an amicable settlement. His object was to bring Dáhar out (by some means), and to capture him and to kill him, for (he thought) the fort would easily fall into his hands, and his sovereignty would be firmly established, when Dáhar was secured and killed.