The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 39.4

39.4

The authors of history have related on the authority of Farkad that, on that day Muhammad Kásim addressed his men thus:—“O Mussalmans, be constantly asking pardon of God for your sins. The great and glorious God has sent two gifts to the followers of Muhammad, the chosen one, (on whom and on whose descendants and friends be peace and the blessing of God); one is repeating blessings on his holiness Muhammad the chosen one (may God’s blessings and peace rest on him, his children and his associates) and the other is asking pardon of God for sins. If you take heart, the great and mighty God will make you victorious over the enemy.” It is related that when Muhammad Kásim came to the battle-field he asked Abú Fiddah Kishairí, the emancipated slave of Kandhal to take 200 picked horsemen and act as advance guard. Accordingly Abú Fiddah marched on till he came face to face with Dáhar and his Thákurs and warriors. Then a column of the infidels which had come out for battle, engaged him, but a large number of them was sent to hell, and the rest fled and joined Dáhar. Dáhar then sent another column to oppose him but Abú Fiddah remembered the name of the great God, and made an assault on the enemy, whom he again defeated. A third time Dáhar nominated some of his Thákurs to fight with the Arab vanguard. Abú Fiddah, once more praying to God for his pardon, attacked the enemy and put them all to flight. He went on slaughtering them till he drove them to Dáhar’s camp.