The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 45.2.7

45.2.7

Muhammad Kasim then complied with the prayer made by the people in the suburbs of Brahmanabad, and permanently settled their affairs in the same way and on the same lines, as had been followed in the case of the Jews, Fire-worshippers, Nazarenes and Magians of Irak and Syria. He then sent them back to their homes; and to their headmen he gave the generic name of Rana. He then sent for Wazir Siyakar and Mokah Basayeh, and asked them as to how the Jats of the Lûhánah tribe had been treated by Chach and Dahar, and how matters now stood in regard to them. Wazir Siyákar replied in the presence of Mókuh Basáyah: “In the reign of Rái Chach the Luhánahs, that is, the Lákhahs and the Sammáhs were not allowed to use soft clothes of silk or velvet. On the contrary they used to wear a rough black blanket, and put on a rough coarse scarf on their shoulders, and they went about with bare head and feet. If any one of them wore some soft stuff, he was fined, and when they went out of their houses, they used to take a dog with them, in order that they might easily be distinguished from the other tribes. None of their elders or chiefs was allowed to ride a horse. If any guides were required anywhere by any prince, they served as such. In fact it was their business to show the way as guides upto the limits of another tribe. If any headman or Rána was obliged to use a horse, he rode it without any saddle or reins, and with only a blanket on its back.