The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 44.2.7

44.2.7

Jaisiah had shifted to the country ruled by king Ramal, called Batiah, and from there he used to harass the army of Islám and rob them on highways. Muhammad Kasim sent a confidential servant to Mékah Basáyeh, and informed him that Jaisiah caused trouble off and on, injured grass-cutters and harassed the troops in many other ways, and he consulted Mékah as to how Jaisiah should be checked. Mékah sent the following reply: “He is at present residing near your camp, and so you should move thence and send a few respectable and trustworthy men from your army after him to extirpate him and his party. There is no other remedy.” Accordingly Muhammad Kasim asked Banánah son of Khantilah Kilábi, Atiyyeh Saalabí, Sérim son of Abi Sérim Hamadáni and Abdul Malik Madani to prepare for that undertaking with their horsemen, and appointed Mékah Basáyeh and Hazím son of Amrúi Musá as their leaders. He supplied them with sufficient provisions for the journey, and sent them off, and they soon arrived at their destination. When Jaisiah received the news of the approach of the Arab army, he lost no time in leaving the place with his valuables and his family, and, passing through a sandy desert, he came to Chankan and Ura Okayah belonging to the province of Jétór. There Aláfí separated from him, and proceeded to the province of Takiah, and thence, with the intention of taking shelter with the king of Kashmir, came to the frontier of Rawím, close to Ráwistán.