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(636 A.D.) 'Usman sent his brother Hakam to Bahrain, and he himself went to 'Uman, and despatched an army to Tana. When the army returned he wrote to the Khalif 'Umar to inform him of it. 'Umar wrote in reply—"O brother of Sakif, thou hast placed the worm in the wood, but I swear by God, that if our men had been killed I would have taken (slain) an equal number from your tribe." Hakam despatched a force to Barauz; \[Broach\]; he also sent to the bay of Debal his brother Mughira, who met and defeated the enemy. > — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1867, Futúhu-l Buldán (the Sind chapter) > When 'Usman, son of 'Affan became Khalif, he appointed 'Abdu-llah son of 'Amar, son of Kuraiz, to (the government of) 'Irak, and wrote to him an order to send a person to the confines of Hind in order to acquire knowledge and bring back information. He accordingly deputed Hakim, son of Jabala al 'Abdi. When this man returned he was sent on to the Khalif, who questioned him about the state of those regions. He replied that he knew them because he had examined them. The Khalif then told him to describe them. He said "Water is scarce, the fruits are poor, and the robbers are bold; if few troops are sent there they will be slain, if many, they will starve." 'Usman asked him whether he spoke accurately or hyperbolically \[lit. in rhyme\]. He said that he spoke according to his knowledge. The Khalif abstained from sending any expedition there. At the end of the year 38, or the beginning of the year 39 H. (659 A.D.) in the Khalifat of 'Ali son of Abu Talib, Haras the son of Marra-l 'Abdi went with the sanction of the Khalif to the same frontier, as a volunteer. He was victorious, got plunder, made captives, and distributed in one day a thousand heads. He and those who were with him, saving a few, were slain in the land of Kikan in the year 42 H. (662 A.D.) Kikan is in Sind near the frontiers of Khurasan. > — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1867, Futúhu-l Buldán (the Sind chapter) > In the year 44 H. (664 A.D.), and in the days of the Khalif Mu'awiya, Muhallab son of Abu Safra made war upon the same frontier, and advanced as far as Banna and Alahwar, which lie between Multan and Kabul. The enemy opposed him and killed him and his followers. In the land of Kikan, Muhallab encountered eighteen Turki horsemen, riding crop-tailed horses. They fought well but were all slain. Muhallab said, "How much more active than we those barbarians were." So he docked the tails of his horses, and was the first among the Musulmans who did so. In the reign of Mu'awiya, son of Abu Sufian, the Amir 'Abdu-llah, son of 'Amir, or according to some, Mu'awiya himself sent 'Abdu-llah, son of Suar al 'Abdi, to the frontier of Hind. He fought in Kikan and captured booty. Then he came to Mu'awiya and presented to him some Kikani horses. He staid near the Khalif some time and then returned to Kikan, when the Turks called their forces together and slew him. In the reign of the same Mu'awiya, the Chief Ziyad, son of Abu Sufian, appointed Sinan, son of Salama, son of al Muhabbik the Huzaili (to the command). He was a good and godly man, and was the first who made his troops take an oath of divorce. He proceeded to the frontier and having subdued Makran and its cities by force, he staid there and established his power in the country. According to Ibn al Kalbi, it was Hakim bin Jabala al 'Abdi who conquered Makran. > — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1867, Futúhu-l Buldán (the Sind chapter) - [Previous: 80.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan.80.8) - [Next: 85.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan.85.2) - [Up: 85](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan.85) ## Translations (1) - [Futúhu-l Buldán (the Sind chapter)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan~en-elliot.1.1) — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1867, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan.85.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.tarikh.futuh-al-buldan.85.1) · Pramāṇa