[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) › 23.6 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 23.6 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 23.6 - **Language:** English ### [23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.6) He (Hajjáj) girt up his loins (literally lifted up his skirt) when he returned the answering shout. (My brave soldiers!) do you also gird up your loins. I have sacrificed treasure tenfold—treasure which cannot be counted or measured. Hajjáj further instructed Muhammad Kásim to march viâ Shiraz, and to go by easy stages, so that all the forces might join him and not be left behind. - [Previous: 23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.5) - [Next: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.24) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.23.6) · Pramāṇa