[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 23.1 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 23.1 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 23.1 - **Language:** English ### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.1) The recorders of events and the relaters of news have stated that when the administration of the affairs of Hind and Sind was entrusted to Hajjáj son of Yúsif by the Khalifah, Hajjáj appointed Muhammad Kásim who was his nephew and son-in-law, (Hajjáj’s daughter being his wife) as agent for Hind. Muhammad Kásim was then a youth of seventeen. Congratulating him on his nomination to the high post of governor, Hamzah Hanafi uttered the following verses:— Verses.—O people of Sád—Sád his birth place—verily Muhammad bin Kásim is brave and generous and wise. And on the 17th of Zulhaj he has been appointed the leader of our army. - [Previous: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.22) - [Next: 23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.2) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.1) · Pramāṇa