[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) › 32.6 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 32.6 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 32.6 - **Language:** English ### [32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32.6) Muhammad Kasim then encamped on the bank of the Mehran. From there he despatched an embassy under one of the Syrian noblemen, and a native of Debal who having been at first a prisoner had subsequently received the honour of Islam at the hands of Muhammad Kásim. This native gentleman was called upon to serve as an interpreter to the Syrian, and explain the Syrian’s speech to Dahar, and Dahar’s to the Syrian. “When you commence delivering the message,” said Muhammad Kásim to the Debalese convert, “do it in a meeting of respectable men and nobles of the place, and call for a decisive reply, as is ordered by Hajjáj in his letter.” Accordingly when the Syrian and Maoláná Islámí, as the Debalese convert was called, went into the presence of Dahar, the latter of the two entered without making a bow, or paying any respect to Dahar. Dahar recognised him, and asked him: “Why do you not observe the Court etiquette usual on such occasions? Is it that you are under some pressure and are prevented from doing so?” The Debalese convert replied:—“Formerly I professed your religion and it was obligatory on me to make the obeisance due from a servant to his master. But now I have been honoured with the glory of Islam and I am attached to the king of Islám. It is therefore unbecoming in me to bend my head before a káfir.” - [Previous: 32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32.5) - [Next: 32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32.7) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.32.6) · Pramāṇa