The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 2.2

2.2

[as for instance, the conquest of Fars (Persia), of Rúm (Turkey), of Shám account of which has been given, both in prose and with full details, by the writers of the past] conquest of Hindustan by Muhammad Kásim chiefs of Arabia and Syria, the spreading of country, the building of mosques and pulpits to the limits of Kashmír and Kanúj; the Dahar Chach, son of Siláij, who resided at the of Alór, at the hands of the great Amír, state and religion, Muhammad son of Kásim Sakifi (may God have mercy on him!), and the that whole territory together with its dependencies had not yet been known to the world, and be written by him describing all these events. With this object in view, I began to trouble myself, in obedience to what had then become my ruling passion, and I started from the blessed town of Uch for the towns of Alor and Bakhar, the leading men of which places are descended from the Arabs.