[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 8.2 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 8.2 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 8.2 - **Language:** English ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8.2) Bring them secretly at night, conceal them in the house and keep them ready for use when required.” Accordingly, under the orders of Chach, some heavy chains and fetters were made. They were brought into the innermost apartments of the palace under cover of night, and kept secure in a corner. When the king’s last moments arrived and the death agony ensued, the physicians rose to leave. (But) Queen Suhandi asked them to wait in the house for a short time. At the same time, she directed a confidential servant, to remove the king to an inner apartment and to close the gate, so that no one in the city should come to know that Sahasi was dead. She then asked him to bring a large number of her followers and dependents into the house. When these men were all brought in, she ordered her servant to call those near relations of the king, who were claimants to the throne (and whom she named one by one). In this way, every one was brought in separately, on the pretext that the king was better that day and wanted to consult him. When each came, he was sent to the appointed apartment where the queen’s confidential men put each into chains. Thus, all of her rivals were imprisoned and secured in irons. Next, she sent for those relations of the king who were poor and in want. Each of these, as he came, was told: ‘To-day, the king is annoyed with such and such a relation of yours, owing to whose ill-treatment and misbehaviour he did not sleep soundly, and has imprisoned him. - [Previous: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8.1) - [Next: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8.3) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.8.2) · Pramāṇa