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HISTORIANS OF SIND.

Chach, son of Siláíj, goes to the Chamberlain Rám.
The office of Chamberlain is conferred on Chach, son of Siláíj.
The Rání falls in love mth Chach, and Chach refuses compliance.
Sáhasí Ráí dies and goes to hell.
Chach ascends the throne of Malik Sáhasí Ráí.
Chach fights with Mahrat (Chief of Jaipúr[1]) and kills him by stratagem.
Chach marries Rání Súbhan Deo.
Chach sends for his brother Chandar and establishes him in Alor.
Chach issues orders appointing Chandar his deputy.

Chach asks Budhíman, the minister, questions concerning the government.


Budhíman, the minister, bowed his head to the ground, and said, “May Ráí Chach live for ever, and may it he known to him, that this government was under the dominion of a sole king, and his chiefs were always obedient to him. When the country was ruled by Síharas, son of Diwáíj, and when he was conquered by the army of Fárs, Sáhasí succeeded to the empire. He similarly appointed all the four rulers to their territories, expecting them to exert themselves in the collection of the revenue and the protection of the country.


Chach proceeds to visit and mark the boundaries of Alor.

When Chach heard these words from Budhíman, the minister, they made an impression upon him. He was very happy. He praised the minister very much, and took it as a good omen. He sent farmáns to the authorities in all parts of the kingdom and called (for aid from) the governors of the different divisions. He then prepared an army declaring that he would go to the boundary of Hindústán which adjoined the (kingdom of the) Turk. The astrologers fixed an auspicious time, at which he departed, and after he had gone many marches he reached the fort of áabiya, on the southern bank of the Biás. The Chief of the place gave battle, but after great fighting

  1. [Both MSS. here agree in reading Jitúr, but the explanation in page 169 shows that the name must he Jaipúr. Mír Ma’súm couples it with Jodhpur and writes the name “Chitúr,” or “Japúr.” The Tuhfatu-l Kirám has “Chitúr.”]