The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 40.6

40.6

Soon afterwards a Brahmin came and asked for quarter, and said: “If the just commander pardons me with my children and followers, I shall point out the spot where Dahar has been killed.” Some trustworthy men and friends (of Muhammad Kasim) went with him, and pulled out Dahar’s body from the mud. They could still smell the sweet scent of musk and otto of roses emanating from it. The head was severed and fixed on a lance, and brought to Muhammad Kasim who enquired if any one could identify it, and ordered the two maid-servants who had been with Déhar in the litter and who had since been captured, to be brought before him; and these identified the head. Muhammad Kasim thereupon gave pardon to and set at liberty, the Brahmin and 300 others who were his relations, followers and dependents. When Muhammad Kasim saw Dahar's head, he praised the great God, and offered thanks by performing two genuflexions. He then issued a mandate to the effect that all the prisoners of war should be put to death. All the artisans and merchants, however were pardoned by him and allowed to continue to live in their native land.