Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.225

v1.c17.s5.t2.225

Dahariya.—The Kumarpal Charitra is our sole authority for classing this race with the thirty-six. Of its history we know nothing. Amongst the princes who came to the aid of Chitor, when first assailed by the arms of Islam, was ‘the lord of Debal, Dahir, Despati.’¹ From the ignorance of the transcriber of the Guhilot annals, *Delhi* is written instead of *Debal*; but we not only have the whole of the names of the Tuar race, but Delhi was not in existence at this time. Slight as is the mention of this prince in the Chitor annals, it is nevertheless of high value, as stamping them with authenticity; for this Dahir was actually the despot of Sind, whose tragical end in his capital Debal is related by Abu-l Fazl. It was in the ninety-ninth year of the Hegira that he was attacked by Muhammad bin Kasim, the lieutenant of the Caliph of Bagdad, and treated with the greatest barbarity.² Whether this prince used Dahir as a proper name, or as that of his tribe, must be left to conjecture.