The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 20.3

20.3

Then Hajjáj appointed Abdullah son of Bahlán-Salmi to be in charge of Makrán, and he asked Bázil to go to Muhammad Hárún, and told him: “You must inform that officer when you arrive at Makrán so that he may send you 3,000 men.” Accordingly Bázil started with 300 brave men accompanied by Abdullah. Sailing by the sea of Ammán, Bázil arrived at the fortified town of Nerún. When Muhammad Hárún got Hajjáj’s letter, he sent a large army to Bázil, and (with that force) Bázil marched towards Debal. The residents of Debal sent a person to Dáhir at Alór, informing him of the arrival of Bázil at Nerún, and Dáhir hastened to send his son Jaisiah with 4,000 soldiers on horses and camels, who came by hurried marches to Debal, and encamped there. Bázil had already put to flight the warriors of Debal. But now Jaisiah came out with his forces and four elephants to give battle, and commenced fighting with the enemy. A pitched battle ensued which lasted from early morning to the close of the day. In the midst of the fight Bazil’s horse became frightened at the sight of the elephants, but Bazil took off his own turban and tied the eyes of the horse, and made an onset in which he sent 80 kafirs to hell, and became himself also a martyr. Then Jaisiah appointed a thakur to be in charge of the place, and left him 70 elephants and conferred Deh Makri upon him.