The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 9: The marriage of Chach with queen Suhandi.
The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 9
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The author of this narrative and the writer of this fragrant book states as follows:—When that victory was gained, queen Suhandi ordered the chief men and nobles of the city to be called together, and when they all met, she said to them: “As king Sahasi is dead, and I have by him no issue to inherit the country, and as the kingdom has devolved on king Chach, you must give me away to Chach with proper matrimonial ceremonies and a distinct settlement.” The chiefs and nobles agreed to the [proposal] and they all came to the royal palace and marrie[d]
Suhandi to Chach. (In course of time), Chach had two sons by her: one was named Dahar and the other Daharsiah. He had also one daughter whom he called Bai. At their respective births, astrologers consulted the predominant star of their nativity, and by desire of the king cast their horoscopes, and inscribed the position of the several planets in the different constellations under the influence of the ascendant star, and marked out the beneficent and malignant aspects of the stars and their ascent and descent. They declared that both the sons would become kings, and, for a time, would have the entire kingdom of Sind in their possession. Their forecast as to the daughter was that she would not have to go out of the capital to any other place, and that whoever became her husband would become the sovereign and would rule over the length and breadth of the kingdom of Sind, and live on the fat of the land. When the astrologers thus foretold the fortunes of the princess, the king enjoined them to keep the forecast a secret and not to disclose it to anyone.