History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c14.19

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Great preparations were made at Kufa the capital of Irān by Hajjaj who placed the expedition under the command of his nephew and son-in-law Mahomed Kasim, an upright true Mahomedan and a discreet energetic commander. 6000 men of good family from Sham (Syria) joined the expedition. There were battering rams and catapults also taken to assail fortified towns and these were put on board ships near Shiraz from whence they went by sea to Debal, while Mahomed Kasim marched by land through Mekran towards the same town. The army arrived fist at Ārman Bela and from thence proceeded to Debal where it was joined by the ships. The whole army with battering rams and catapults now encamped before the fortified town of Debal and socn invested it. Hajjaj kept up constant communication by means of swift runners ( on camels ) with the expedition and minutely directed and supervised its operations.