The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 40.5

40.5

The army of Islam now fell upon the kafirs and a great slaughter ensued, and only a few arrived at the fort of Radr. Those of the infidels who had thrown themselves into water (after Dahar), now came out, as they found the place where Dahar had fallen dead was unguarded, and they concealed his body in the slush. The white elephant jogged on towards the army of the infidels of whom no trace remained on the battle-field. It is related that on the day the accursed Dahar was killed, Kabil son of Hashim received sixteen wounds. Nevertheless he continued to assault the enemy, and to say— Verse:— Know (Oh friends) what a merry morning it is to me to kill and to crush (the soldiers of) Dahar—Help (from above) comes to our army in the morning—the (blessed) morning of battle to which may my life be a sacrifice. They say that when he died, the infidels wanted to remove his weapons from his body, but they were not able to do so. They left his body where it was lying, to be engulfed in the water. Muhammad Kásim now looked around and saw Jaish son of Akbi Amir (who was a son of Abdul Kais) standing before him. To him he said: “O son of Akbi Amir call out loudly to your friends and say that Rai Dahar cannot yet be found. Take care lest he be in ambush somewhere. Be therefore on the alert.” Jaish replied: “My mind tells me that Dahar is killed.” But Muhammad Kasim was still anxious, and went on asking every body as to what he knew about Dahar who was not visible.