Hajjáj now sent a messenger to Dáhar, and addressed a letter to Muhammad Hárún, in which he said: “Send a trustworthy officer along with this messenger to Dáhar to tell him to set the Mussalman women at liberty, and to return the presents intended for the capital of the Khalífahs. He should also learn all about the women.” Hajjáj wrote also a letter to Dáhar and signed it with his own blessed hand, and gave it to the messenger. In that letter he couched many threats in very strong terms. When that letter reached Dánar, Wazíl, who was the secretary of Dáhar son of Chach, read it out Dáhar heard the message that had been sent to him, and in reply he said: “That is the work of a band of robbers than whom none is more powerful. They do not even care for us.”