Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s3.t2.3
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.s3.t2.3
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In the fourth year of his reign about A.D. 758 the Khalifah Ja'far-al-Mansúr (A.D. 754-775) the second ruler of the house of Abbás appointed Hishám governor of Sindh. Hishám despatched a fleet to the coast of Barádah, which may generally be read Balabha, under the command of Amru bin Jamál Taghlabi. Tabari (A.D. 838-922) and Ibni Asir (A.D. 1160-1232)⁵ state that another expedition was sent to this coast in A.H. 160 (A.D. 776) in which though the Arabs succeeded in taking the town, disease thinned the ranks of the party stationed to garrison the port, a thousand of them died, and the remaining troops while returning to their country were shipwrecked on the coast of Persia. This he adds deterred