The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 30.2

30.2

If there had been a single note-worthy warrior in it, there would not have been left a rack of you behind. If I had sent against you Rai Jaisiah who is the most victorious of all the rulers on the face of the earth, and who can wreak vengeance on the strongest men of this age, or the king of Kashmir who is the mighty possessor of a crown, kettle drums and standards, on whose royal threshold the other rulers of Hind have placed their heads, who sways the whole of Hind and even the country of Makran and Turan, whose chains a great many noblemen and grandees have willingly placed on their knees, who is the owner of one hundred elephants and is the rider of a white elephant, whom neither a horse can stand against, nor a man can put pressure upon; if I had sent these heroes against you, you could not have done the slightest harm to them and no army would have dared to pass through the remotest limits of this country, till the end of the world. Do not flatter or deceive yourself with vain dreams, since the end of your enterprise will be the same as Bazil’s. You can never stand against us in battle, nor should you hope to return safe from our wrath.” When Muhammad Kasim received this letter of Dahar, he had it translated to him by his dragoman, and learning its contents, he dictated the following reply:— “In the name of the most merciful and gracious God.