The Nāṣirī Generations 132.2.2

132.2.2

Chingiz had despatched another army against him, and the Sultan was obliged to move towards Lower Sindh. On his arrival in sight of Multan, he sent an agent to Kubachah and demanded a contribution; but he, knowing the Mughals were on the move, refused, and showed determined hostility. The Sultan did not tarry in the vicinity, but proceeded to Uchchah, which, proving hostile also, he remained before two days, and set fire to. From thence he advanced to Sindustan [the name given by the generality of historians is Siwastan — Alfi says, “Sadusan, which is Siwastan”] — the present Europeanized Sehwan. The city and fortress were held by a deputy of Kubachah’s, Fakhr-ud-Din, Salari. A force sent out by him, under Lachin, a native of Khita, having been overthrown by the Sultan’s vanguard under Uz Khan, Fakhr-ud-Din, on the Sultan’s arrival, came forth, and delivered up the place. Jalal-ud-Din entered the city, and remained there a month, after which he conferred a dress of honour upon Fakhr-ud-Din, left him in charge as his lieutenant in Sindustan, and marched to Dibal and Damrilah. A Habash [Abyssinian or negro], who was ruler of that part, fled, got on ship-board, and escaped. The Sultan encamped near those places; and, from thence, detached a force, under Khas Khan towards Nahrwalah, from which he returned with immense booty. Sultan Jalal-ud-Din founded a Jami’ Masjid at Diwal or Dibal, as it Abu-Bikr, ruler of Fars, gave the Sultan his sister in