The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.173.4

v1.c11.173.4

1228, Malik Sinān ud-Dīn Chatisar, the then Sūmra prince, submitted to Junaydī, the general of Iltutmish, and became a vassal of the Delhi Sulṭān.³ Chatisar is probably to be identified with Chanar or Chanīsar of the Sindian chronicle. According to Ḥasan Nizāmī 'coinage was struck, and the prayers read in the name of Shams ud-Dīn as far as Quṣdār and Makrān.' After this, their power appears to have declined, till they were supplanted by the Sammas. From the name of the contemporary of Iltutmish it is clear that the reigning family of the Sūmras had already accepted Islam. Elliot has shown some grounds for believing that they were probably tainted with Qārmaṭian heresy as early as the 11th century A.D.⁴ The period when the princes accepted Islam is uncertain, but Tod had noticed that with a few exceptions, the whole tribe had entered into 'the rank of the faithful.' ¹ As to the position occupied by the Sūmras, we should remember that though their authority spread over the whole of the territory now known as Sind, yet there is evidence to show that there were other tribal principalities in this region. With the decline of their power these tribes soon transferred their allegiance to the Muhammadan governors of Multan. The *Chach-nāma* gives us the following list of 'seven Rānās of Sind tributary to Multan in the days of Nāṣir-ud-Dīn Qabācha'²: (1) Rānā Buhnar Sa'ta Rāthor, of Dabra, in the district of Durbela;