The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 46.2.1

46.2.1

The narrator of this history states on the authority of Ali son of Muhammad son of Abdur-rahmán son of Abdullah Saliti, that when Muhammad Kásim finished the settlement of the affairs of the Luhánahs, he came to the land of the Sahtahs. The rural classes with their headmen came out bare-headed and bare-footed, and asked for mercy and pardon. Muhammad Kásim pardoned them all, fixed tribute on them, and took some hostages from them. He then wanted to have a sketch of all the stages and camping places on the way thence up to Alór. The guides supplied this and said: “Alór, the capital city of Hind, is the biggest town in the whole of Sind. Its inhabitants are mostly artisans and merchants and cultivators. Fófi son of Rái Dáhar has made that fortified town the chief city of his kingdom. No one dare speak of Dáhar’s death before him. He says that Dáhar is still alive and that he (Dáhar) has gone to Hind to bring an army, with the intention of again engaging the Arabs with their help and assistance.” Muhammad Kásim continued his march till he came to within a mile of that city, and fixed his camp just opposite the fort, and there he spent about a month. During this time he built a mosque in which he used to deliver orations every Friday.