The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 32.2

32.2

A man came to Dahar and informed him that prince Mékah Basâyeh had surrendered to Muhammad Kásim who had sent a messenger to him and concluded a treaty with him. It was said that through the messenger sent to him, Mékah had sent a reply to the Arab general, saying: “I have learnt all that you have said. I am highly obliged to you for the kindness you have shown us. Believe me, I have full trust in the promises given by you, and I am sincerely well disposed to you with all my heart, and my mind is bent upon paying you homage and submitting to you. We wish to seek your good pleasure above all and in every thing; we will never turn from the path of obedience and we consider it one of duties to be submissive (to you). But you must know that it is far from honesty and righteousness to rebel against kings, and break the promise made to them without any fault on their part, particularly when they have been treating their allies kindly. It is wicked and ungrateful to abandon all considerations of honesty and fidelity unless such a desperate peril is impending that one’s life is in danger.” Mékah son of Basâyeh continued his reply to the messengers of Muhammad Kasim as follows:—“Besides, the country of Sind is our native country and the country where we live. It is an acquisition of our fathers and grandfathers and our heritage. There is consanguinity between us and Rai Dahar. He is a king over other kings of Hind.