The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 31.2.3

31.2.3

:—‘Keep up prayers at the declension of the sun and towards nightfall and the prayer at day-break, &c.’ It is also hoped that idols and other signs of idolatry will be removed and clean swept off, with the help of God and the blessing of that verse of the Koran which says : ‘If God help you none will overpower you.’ Further the servants of the devils and their forces will be subdued and degraded and pushed away to Hell, and there subjected to severe tortures. For the present we have encamped in the vicinity of a fort, which surpasses the strong wall constructed by the Grecian Alexander. We depend for power and protection on God the great and the glorious. This letter is submitted to Your Highness (may your greatness last long!) in the hope that distinct orders and positive commands will be issued. We are anxiously awaiting them and are quite ready to obey whatever instructions are given under the guidance of God. Let it also be known to the generous prince, that there is one of the tributary rulers under Dáhar, who is the owner of the fortified town of Bet, to the east of the Mehran, on the bank of a rivulet in an island of the gulf of Khambhat and is called Basámi Rásal. All the chief officers and noblemen of Rái Dáhar, as well as most of the princes of Hind and Sind are under his influence, and have a strong and solemn compact with him and they implicitly follow his guidance.