The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 45.2.5

45.2.5

Muhammad Kásim wrote about this to Hajjáj, and in a few days he received a reply which ran as follows:—“I have received my dear cousin Muhammad Kásim’s letter, and have become acquainted with its contents. With regard to the request of the chiefs of Bráhmanábád about the building of Budh temples, and toleration in religious matters, I do not see (what further right we have over them) when they have done homage to us by placing their heads in the yoke of submission, and have undertaken to pay the fixed tribute for the Khalifah and guaranteed its payment, what further rights we have over them beyond the usual tax. Because after they have become zimmís (protected subjects) we have no right whatever to interfere with their lives or their property. Do, therefore, permit them to build the temples of those they worship. No one is prohibited from or punished for following his own religion, and let no one prevent them from doing so, so that they may live happy in their own homes."