The Nāṣirī Generations 132.2.1

132.2.1

Hostility of long standing existed between the Khokhar chief and Kubachah, governor of Sindh [the whole valley of the Indus, below the Salt Range, was called Sindh in those days], who had now begun to consider himself an independent sovereign. He was encamped near Uchchah with 20,000 men, and a force of 7000 was despatched against him, by the Sultan, under Jahan Pahlavan, guided by the chief’s son. They made a forced march, and, falling suddenly upon Kubachah, in the night, totally overthrew him. Kubachah got on board a vessel, and made for his stronghold of Akar and Bakar [Sakar and Bhakar? Jami’-ut-Tawarikh says, “two fortresses on island”], “which are two islands in the river Sindh” [more on this subject anon], and the Sultan came to Uchchah. Kubachah now managed to get back to Multan, after having, on the Sultan’s demand, paid him a considerable sum of money as tribute. The hot season coming on, the Sultan returned to the Salt Range hills again, and, on the way, took a fortress called Bisiram or Bisrum [Bisram-pur?], where he was wounded in the hand by an arrow.