The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 31.1.1

31.1.1

Muhammad Kásim ordered the battering rams to be put in working order, and the fight then commenced. The Samaní party reprimanded Bachehrá and forbade him to fight, saying:—"This army is very strong and powerful; you cannot stand against them. We do not wish that, through your obstinacy, our life and property should be endangered." As he still rejected their counsel, the Samaní clique sent a message to Muhammad Kásim, telling him: "All the people, whether agriculturists, artisans, merchants or other common folk, have left Bachehrá's side and do not (now) acknowledge allegiance to him, and Bachehra has not sufficient men and materials of war, and can never stand against you in an open field, or in a struggle with you." On receiving this message, the army of Islám became over-zealous, and Muhammad Kásim ordered the assault to be continued steadily night and day. Thus, after about one week, the occupants of the fort ceased to fight. When Bachehrá found that the fort was in great straits and that it could not stand long, he determined to leave it. So when the world was hid behind the pitch-dark curtain of night, he issued from the northern gate, and crossing the river, fled away. He did not stop till he reached Budhiah. At that time, Kákah son of Kótak Samani was the ruler of Budhiah. He resided in his fort of Sisam, which was situated on the bank of the Kanbah.