The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 16.2.2

16.2.2

If this State is transferred to some other person, whether he be the king's brother or a stranger, the loss to the king will be all the same." Thus when all of them agreed to the proposal, Dahar went and put his own scarf on his sister's head, and adorned her with rings and other ornaments (as his bride). He then placed his own sword in her lap, and with that (in lieu of the bridegroom) all the familiar nuptial ceremonies were performed. Then he tied a corner of her scarf to that of his own, and seated her on the throne of the kingdom by his side under the (royal) canopy. This event became the talk of high and low, and attained (great) notoriety and publicity. Then Dahar wrote a letter to his brother, couched in him, however, a horseman suddenly appeared, accompanied by a few other men riding by his side. When he reached the gate of the fort the gate was closed, and armed men appeared over the battlements. Daharsiah stood at the gate, and asked the gate-keeper to open it, and admit him into the fort. But the man in charge of the fort did not open the gate, and stood ready for a fight. Daharsiah (then) sent a man to Dahar with the following message: “I have not come to fight with you. This fort was the capital city of my father, and from him it has descended to me. You received charge of it from me as my agent, and the kingdom is mine. There never have been two crowns in one country.