The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 18.6

18.6

Abul Hasan relates that he heard Kutai-biah Sahli say: “That day I was in the army when Sawad fought with his youthful adversary, and his friends advanced in the same manner, and killed many men of the enemy’s side. After a hard fight they all fell martyrs and I stripped the dead bodies of the enemy and found a hundred signet rings.” Ghailan son of Abdurrahman also says that he heard the following verses read before Muawiyeh:— Verses.—Yasir ground the army to dust under his mare’s hoofs. He cut them down the more, the more they multiplied, His mare, how loyal—how warlike—how fleet was she ! So says A’war Al Shattl. Inform the high and the low among the children of Rabiah, We found the mailed cavalier on a dread charger in a hand-to-hand tussle, doing deeds of daring. It is related by Hazli who heard it from Tibui son of Misa, who again heard it from his father, that on Abdulláh son of Sawád being martyred, he appointed Sinán son of Salmah as his successor. Soon afterwards Muáwiyeh wrote to Ziyád, (the then governor of Irak) to select a proper person for the holy wars in Hind. When he received the letter, Ziyád nominated Ahnaf son of Kais, who was liked by all, and was the pride of the Faithful. Ahnaf forthwith went to Makrán, where he remained for a period of two years, and after two years and one month he was removed from that post.