[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) › 35.1.8 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 35.1.8 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 35.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [35.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1.8) When you have managed to secure his assistance, you need not fear that any enemy will jeopardize the safety of your kingdom. The Arab army, then, can never derive any advantage from this country, and as long as the king is living, the enemy cannot but be foiled. Should an evil eye unfortunately fall on you and the enemy become successful and kill you, then none of the princes of Hind, will ever be able to defeat them, and this kingdom will come into their possession, and your connection will be cut off from every part of the country, as it must needs go entirely out of your hands.’ Dahar said: ‘O wise wazir, whatever plan you suggest, must be the best and the right one, but, at such a crisis, I do not think it proper or expedient, to send my dependents to any place in Hind, as thereby my subjects will be greatly perplexed, and the Thakurs and nobles will be much disheartened, and so will leave off fighting and disperse. I too consider it shameful and humiliating to me to make entreaties to another (prince), or to go to his door and await his permission to see him. No, this shame I cannot bear.” The wazir said: “What then is your plan? Let your slaves know it, so that they may join your personal attendants in consultation, and give you the best advice.” Rai Dahar said: “My plan is to meet the Arabs in open battle, and fight with them with all possible vigour. If I overpower them, I shall crush them to death and my kingdom will then be put on a firm footing. - [Previous: 35.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1.7) - [Next: 35.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1.9) - [Up: 35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.35.1.8) · Pramāṇa