[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) › 28.2.1 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 28.2.1 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 28.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [28.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.2.1) Hearing this, Muhammad Kasim called his Engineer Jaibat Salmi, and said: “Can you manage to break this flag-pole and the dome of the temple with the stones of the mangonels? If you can I shall give you a reward of ten thousand dirams.” Jaibat said: “Let two ram-rods be removed from that special catapult of the Khalifah, called the ‘Wee Bride,’ and with three stones I will blow off the flag and the pole, and break the dome of the temple.” Muhammad Kasim said: “if you break the flag-pole of the temple I shall give you 10,000 dams by way of reward; but if you not only fail to break down the temple but spoil the catapult in the bargain, what should be your punishment?” Jaibat replied: “If I miss the mark, then let the hands of Jaibat be cut off.” Muhammad Kasim, thereupon, wrote a letter to that prince of Governors, Hajjaj son of Yusif, in which he mentioned the conditions fixed by Jaibat. On the ninth-day a reply was received, via Kirman, sanctioning the acceptance of the terms fixed between them. It contained the following fresh instructions: “When you advance in a body for battle, see that you have the sun behind your backs, as (then) its glare will not prevent you from having a full view of the enemy. Engage in fight on the very first day, and supplicate the help of the great God. If anyone of the people of Sind ask for mercy and protection, do give it to him, but not to the residents of Debal, whom you must not spare on any account.” - [Previous: 28.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.1.7) - [Next: 28.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.2.2) - [Up: 28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.28.2.1) · Pramāṇa