The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.411

v3.c20.411

The Moorish traveller’s account in his *Tuhfat-un-Nuzzār fī Gharāib-il-Amsār*, of his journeys and sojourn in India, throws much light on the condition of the country, the character of its sovereign, and many details. He arrived at the mouth of the Indus on September 12, 1333, and his arrival, as he was a foreigner, had to be reported to Qutb-ul-Mulk, the governor of the city of Multān. He describes a rebellion at Sihwān, not mentioned in the general histories of the reign, which had been suppressed shortly before his arrival. The king had appointed to the government of Sihwān a Hindu named Ratan, who was well skilled in accounts, and whom he entitled ‘Azīm-us-Sind. The appointment gave great offence to Wunār, chief of the Sūmras, and to a noble named Qaisar-ur-Rūmī living at Sihwān, who resented the appointment of a Hindu governor over them. Having involved him in hostilities with some brigands or tribesmen in the neighbourhood of Sihwān, they attacked him by night, slew him, and afterwards plundered the treasury.