The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 18.2

18.2

Hazli states that, in that army of the Arabs there was a brave soldier by name Haris son of Marrah. He was at the head of a column of one thousand fully armed warriors. He had three brave slaves with him, one of whom he retained to bear his arms, and the other two he appointed as officers in the army, each being made the leader of 500 men. When they arrived at Makran the news was carried to Kikandan, where the people prepared for battle and commenced fighting. They were about 20,000 men. (Nevertheless) the army of Islam attacked them and overpowered them, and seeing no other help, natives retreated to the gates of the town. But when the Arab army left the battle-field and marched after the residents of Kikanan, the latter came down to obstruct their progress. The Arab army made an onset, with their war cry of “Alláhu Akbar” (God is great) and from the left and the right the cliffs echoed the cry of “Alláhu Akbar.” When the infidels of Kíkanán heard those cries they were much frightened, and some of them surrendered and accepted Islám and the rest fled away, and from that time up to our day, on the anniversary of that battle, cries of “Alláhu Akbar” are heard from the mountain.