التاريخ اليميني 18: Capture of Baran.
Tárikh Yamíní (extracts) 18
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The Sultan took all the lofty hill forts which he met on the road, so lofty indeed were they, that beholders sprained the back of their necks in looking up at them. At length he arrived at the fort of Barba (Baran), in the country of Hardat, who was one of the Rais, that is "kings," in the Hindi language. When Hardat heard of this invasion by the protected warriors of God, who advanced like the waves of the sea, with the angels around them on all sides, he became greatly agitated, his steps trembled, and he feared for his life, which was forfeited under the law of God. So he reflected that his safety would best be secured by conforming to the religion of Islam, since God's sword was drawn from the scabbard, and the whip of punishment was uplifted. He came forth, therefore, with ten thousand men, who all proclaimed their anxiety for conversion, and their rejection of idols. God confirmed the promises he had made, and rendered assistance to the Sultan.
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- التاريخ اليميني — Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-ʿUtbī, Arabic